Does partner selection contribute to sex differences in sexually transmitted infection rates among African American adolescents in San Francisco?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 480-484

  Auerswald, Colette L ^a   Muth, Stephen Q ^c   Brown, Beth ^a   Padian, Nancy ^a,b,d   Ellen, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ^*

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JUVENILE; MALE; RACE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33746389213     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000204549.79603.d6     Document Type: Article

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