Measuring sex partner concurrency: It's what's missing that counts

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 801-807

  Nelson, Sara J ^a   Manhart, Lisa E ^a,f   Gorbach, Pamina M ^b   Martin, David H ^c   Stoner, Bradley P ^d   Aral, Sevgi O ^e   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UW Center for AIDS and STD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONTACT TRACING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34648818159     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318063c734     Document Type: Article

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