Moving upstream: Ecosocial and psychosocial correlates of sexually transmitted infections among young adults in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1128-1136

  Buffardi, Anne L ^a   Thomas, Kathy K ^a   Holmes, King K ^a   Manhart, Lisa E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UW Center for AIDS and STD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GANG; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849133534     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120451     Document Type: Article

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