Incarceration and sexually transmitted infections: A neighborhood perspective

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-99

  Thomas, James C ^a,c   Levandowski, Brooke A ^a   Isler, Malika Roman ^a   Torrone, Elizabeth ^a   Wilson, George ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geography; Prisons; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CRIME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCARCERATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; SPOUSES;

EID: 38349103405     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9231-1     Document Type: Article

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