Discord, discordance, and concurrency: Comparing individual and partnership-level analyses of new partnerships of young adults at risk of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-12

  Gorbach, Pamina M ^a,d   Drumright, Lydia N ^b   Holmes, King K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 11144244437     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000148302.81575.fc     Document Type: Article

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