Reported sexually transmitted disease clinic attendance and sexually transmitted infections in Britain: Prevalence, risk factors, and proportionate population burden

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Fenton, Kevin A ^a,b   Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Byron, Christos L ^c   McManus, Sally ^c   Erens, Bob ^c   Copas, Andrew J ^a   Nanchahal, Kiran ^d   Macdowall, Wendy ^d   Wellings, Kaye ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 19944434091     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425286     Document Type: Article

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