Is there an association between alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted diseases? A systematic review

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-164

  Cook, Robert L ^a,b   Clark, Duncan B ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 13944275595     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000151418.03899.97     Document Type: Review

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