The social ecology of syphilis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1081-1094

  Thomas, James C ^a   Clark, Michele ^b   Robinson, Jadis ^a   Monnett, Martha ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^c   Peterman, Thomas A ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033015679     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00408-0     Document Type: Article

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