Sexual health and sexually transmitted infections in the North American Arctic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  Law, Dionne Gesink ^a   Rink, Elizabeth ^b   Mulvad, Gert ^c   Koch, Anders ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for Primary Care   (Greenland)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CANADA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049076825     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.071112     Document Type: Review

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