Trends in primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1076-1083

  Heffelfinger, James D ^a   Swint, Emmett B ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a   Weinstock, Hillard S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250796734     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070417     Document Type: Article

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