Age-bridging among young, urban, heterosexual males with asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-141

  Jennings, Jacky M ^a   Luo, Robert F ^b   Lloyd, Laura V ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^a   Rietmeijer, Cornelis A ^c  

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

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COITUS; COLORADO; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34248226375     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023556     Document Type: Article

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