Prediction of pelvic inflammatory disease among young, single, sexually active women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Ness, Roberta B ^a   Smith, Kenneth J ^b   Chang, Chung Chou H ^b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^c   Bass, Debra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33646007667     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000187205.67390.d1     Document Type: Article

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