The geography of sexual partnerships in Baltimore: Applications of core theory dynamics using a geographic information system

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Zenilman, Jonathan M ^a,b,c,d   Ellish, Nancy ^a   Fresia, Anne ^a   Glass, Gregory ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033011971     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199902000-00002     Document Type: Article

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