Poverty and sexual concurrency: A case study of STI risk

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 758-777

  Tsui, Emma K ^a   Leonard, Lori ^a   Lenoir, Chavonne ^b   Ellen, Jonathan M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Population and Family Health Sciences JHSPH

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ethnographic; Poverty; Qualitative; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infections; STIs

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849095487     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0055     Document Type: Article

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