Predictors of gonorrhea reinfection in a cohort of sexually transmitted disease patients in Alberta, Canada, 1991-2003

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-36

  De, Prithwish ^a   Singh, Ameeta E ^b,c   Wong, Tom ^d   Kaida, Angela ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; RECURRENCE RISK; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33846010758     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000230485.85132.e9     Document Type: Article

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