Sexual mixing patterns in the spread of gonococcal and chlamydial infections

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 825-833

  Aral, Sevgi O ^a   Hughes, James P ^b   Stoner, Bradley ^d   Whittington, William ^a,b   Handsfield, H Hunter ^b,c   Anderson, Roy M ^e   Holmes, King K ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0033010187     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.6.825     Document Type: Article

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