Racial/ethnic group differences in the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States: A network explanation

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 250-264

  Laumann, Edward O ^a   Youm, Yoosik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032896471     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199905000-00003     Document Type: Article

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