Comparison of STD burden and risk among men with and without regular doctors attending a southern urban STD clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 512-515

  Sizemore Jr , James M ^a   Sanders, Willa M ^a   Lackey, Phillip C ^c   Ennis, David M ^d   Hook III, Edward W ^a,b,e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^c I D Consultants PA   (United States)

^d Baptist Health System Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; ALABAMA; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0038278400     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200306000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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