The epidemiology of syphilis in the waning years of an epidemic: Houston, Texas, 1991-1997

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Risser, Jan M H ^c   Hwang, Lu Yu ^d   Risser, William L ^a   Hollins, Linda ^b   Paffel, John ^b  

^a City of Houston Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

^b Bureau of HIV/STD Prevention   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032998574     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199903000-00001     Document Type: Article

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