Acquisition of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents Attending an Urban, General HMO Teen Clinic

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Boyer, Cherrie B ^a   Sebro, Nadew S ^a   Wibbelsman, Charles ^b   Shafer, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Adolescents; Marijuana use; Risk factors; Sexual partner; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745932949     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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