Sexually-transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults in a large city of Northern Italy: A nine-year prospective survey

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Beltrami, C ^a   Manfredi, R ^a   D'Antuono, A ^a   Chiodo, F ^a   Varotti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Sexually transmitted diseases; Survey; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; WART VIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141939527     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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