Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning youth: The importance of a sensitive and confidential sexual history in identifying the risk and implementing treatment for sexually transmitted infections

Adolescent Medicine Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-367

  Catallozzi, Marina ^a   Rudy, Bret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AWARENESS; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENTERITIS; GENDER IDENTITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE; LESBIANISM; LIFESTYLE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; PROCTITIS; PROCTOCOLITIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SENSITIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VAGINITIS;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 3142606762     PISSN: 15473368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.admecli.2004.02.008     Document Type: Review

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