Screening for sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis in 18-29-year-old men recently released from prison: Feasibility and acceptability

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Sosman, J M ^a   MacCowan, R J ^b   Margolis, A D ^b   Eldridge, G ^c   Flanigan, T ^d   Vardaman, J ^e   Fitzgerald, C ^d   Kacanek, D ^f   Binson, D ^g   Seal, D W ^h   Gaydos, C A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility; Former prisoners; Hepatitis; Screening; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 20044368426     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053057594     Document Type: Article

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