Sexually transmitted infections among urban shelter clients

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 666-669

  Grimley, Diane M ^a   Annang, Lucy ^a   Lewis, Ivey ^a   Smith, Rev William ^a   Aban, Immaculada ^a   Hooks, Terry ^a   Williams, Samantha ^b   Hook, Edward W ^c   Lawrence, Janet St ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33750308711     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000223285.18331.4d     Document Type: Article

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