High Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Young Women Seeking HIV Testing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Cook, Robert L ^a,b,d   May, Silvia ^c   Harrison, Lee H ^a,b   Moreira, Ronaldo I ^c   Ness, Roberta B ^a,b   Batista, Sônia ^c   Da Silva Bastos, Marilena ^c   Schechter, Mauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0346156097     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000105004.85419.17     Document Type: Article

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