The effect of correct and consistent condom use on chlamydial and gonococcal infection among urban adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 536-542

  Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^a,d   Koumans, Emilia H ^a   Sternberg, Maya ^a   Pierce, Antonya ^a   Papp, John ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^b   Sawyer, Mary ^c   Black, Carolyn M ^b   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 20644468595     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.6.536     Document Type: Article

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