Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal infections among Young Adults in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2229-2236

  Miller, William C ^a,b   Ford, Carol A ^a   Morris, Martina ^e   Handcock, Mark S ^e   Schmitz, John L ^a   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^c,d   Udry, J Richard ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342569708     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.18.2229     Document Type: Article

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