Social structure, race, and gonorrhea rates in the Southeastern United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-368

  Thomas, James C ^a   Gaffield, Mary E ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Sexually Transmitted Disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041696630     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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