Ethnic variations in sexual behaviour in Great Britain and risk of sexually transmitted infections: A probability survey

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Volumn 365, Issue 9466, 2005, Pages 1246-1255

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (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; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECORDING; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRATIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 20144388589     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74813-3     Document Type: Article

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