Sexually transmitted infections in men in Mumbai slum communities: The relationship of prevalence to risk behavior

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 444-450

  Schensul, Stephen L ^a   Hawkes, Sarah ^b   Saggurti, Niranjan ^c   Verma, Ravi K ^d   Narvekar, Sharad S ^c   Nastasi, Bonnie K ^e,f   Burleson, Joseph A ^a   Risbud, Arun ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^e INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^f WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34250878341     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000249776.92490.32     Document Type: Article

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