Prevalence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis among sexually active African-American adolescent females

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 593-600

  Williams, Kim M ^a   Wingood, Gina M ^a,b   DiClemente, Ralph J ^a,b,c   Crosby, Richard A ^a,b   McCree, Donna Hubbard ^a   Liau, Adrian ^a   Harrington, Kathy ^d   Davies, Suzy ^d   Hook III, Edward W ^e   Oh, M Kim ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Chlamydia trachomatis; Psychosocial factors; Risk factors; Sexual behaviors; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0036449347     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1112     Document Type: Article

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