Pregnant adolescents at risk: Sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted disease prevalence

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Ethier, Kathleen A ^b   Kershaw, Trace S ^b   Lewis, Jessica B ^b   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Pregnancy; Risk behaviors; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037252511     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.119     Document Type: Article

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