Comparison of Sex Partner Meeting Venues and Residences of Syphilis Cases in Baltimore

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-242

  Michaud, Joshua M ^a,c   Johnson, Sheridan M ^b   Ellen, Jonathan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 1642545546     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000118541.44827.92     Document Type: Article

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