Impact of sexual networks on risk for gonorrhea and chlamydia among low-income urban African American adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 518-522

  Ellen, Jonathan M ^a   Brown, Beth A ^b   Chung, Shang En ^b   Potterat, John J ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^b   Valente, Thomas W ^b   Padian, Nancy S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 16344363952     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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