The Atlanta urban adolescent network study: A network view of STD prevalence

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Rothenberg, Richard ^a   Dan My Hoang, Tina ^a   Muth, Stephen Q ^b   Crosby, Richard ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547642660     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000258132.06764.a1     Document Type: Article

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