Sexual health of homeless youth: Prevalence and correlates of sexually transmissible infections

Sexual Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Tyler, Kimberly A ^a   Whitbeck, Les B ^a   Chen, Xiaojin ^b   Johnson, Kurt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COITUS; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33847224195     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06045     Document Type: Article

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