Using e-mail to notify pseudonymous e-mail sexual partners

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 840-845

  Vest, Joshua R ^a   Valadez, Adolfo M ^a   Hanner, Andrea ^b   Lee, James H ^c   Harris, Patrick B ^c  

^a Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTACT TRACING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXAS;

EID: 37349095909     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318073bd5d     Document Type: Article

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