It's All in the Measurement: Consistent Condom Use Is Effective in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-162

  Celentano, David D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA; EDITORIAL; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042819799     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000117589.12564.1B     Document Type: Editorial

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