Risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases in Northern Thai adolescents: An audio-computer-assisted self-interview with noninvasive specimen collection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-326

  Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a,b   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a,c   Supawitkul, Somsak ^d   Chaowanachan, Thanyanan ^a,c   Jeeyapant, Supaporn ^c   Sternberg, Maya ^a   Markowitz, Lauri ^a   Mastro, Timothy D ^a   Van Griensven, Frits ^a,c  

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

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

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; THAILAND; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX COUNSELING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THAILAND;

EID: 0037384407     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200304000-00009     Document Type: Article

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