Partner notification of sexually transmitted infections: A large cohort of Mexican American and African American women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-140

  Thurman, Andrea Ries ^a,c   Shain, Rochelle N ^a   Holden, Alan E C ^a   Champion, Jane Dimmitt ^a   Perdue, Sondra T ^a   Piper, Jeanna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38549093509     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318151498f     Document Type: Article

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