Are older people at risk of sexually transmitted infections? A new look at the evidence

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-13

  Gott, Merryn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Elmfield   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 13244295839     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095925980400125X     Document Type: Review

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