Social context, sexual networks, and racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Adimora, Adaora A ^a,b   Schoenbach, Victor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12444269018     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425280     Document Type: Review

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