High postpartum rates of sexually transmitted infections among teens: Pregnancy as a window of opportunity for prevention

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 469-473

  Ickovics, J R ^a   Niccolai, L M ^a   Lewis, J B ^a   Kershaw, T S ^a   Ethier, K A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0347510700     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.6.469     Document Type: Review

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