Sexually transmitted infections in women who have sex with women

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-246

  Bailey, J V ^a   Farquhar, C ^b   Owen, C ^c   Mangtani, P ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 2942517548     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.007641     Document Type: Review

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