High prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in urban adolescent females despite moderate risk behaviors

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1624-1631

  Bunnell, Rebecca E ^a   Dahlberg, Linda ^a   Rolfs, Robert ^c   Ransom, Raymond ^a   Gershman, Kenneth ^d   Farshy, Carol ^b   Newhall, Wilbert J ^b   Schmid, Scott ^b   Stone, Katherine ^a   St Louis, Michael ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Mail Stop E 02 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032751419     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315080     Document Type: Article

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