Influence of study population on the identification of risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases using a case-control design: The example of gonorrhea

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-402

  Manhart, Lisa E ^a,b   Aral, Sevgi O ^c   Holmes, King K ^a,b   Critchlow, Cathy W ^b   Hughes, James P ^b   Whittington, William L H ^a   Foxman, Betsy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Gonorrhea; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 3843063761     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh220     Document Type: Article

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