Recent change in the annual pattern of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States

Chronobiology International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 947-960

  Shah, Ami P ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^a   Burau, Keith D ^a   Cech, Irina M ^a   Lai, Dejian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea; Seasonal variation; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 36249006599     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520701648325     Document Type: Article

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