Increase in sexual risk behavior and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among adolescents in northern Thailand

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 883-888

  Whitehead, Sara J ^a,b   Leelawiwat, Wanna ^a   Jeeyapant, Supaporn ^a   Chaikummao, Supaporn ^a   Papp, John ^b   Kilmarx, Peter H ^b   Markowitz, Lauri E ^b   Tappero, Jordan W ^b   Chaowanachan, Thanyanan ^b   Uthaivoravit, Wat ^c   Van Griensven, Frits ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

^c Chiang Rai Prachanukhro Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; URINALYSIS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTERS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THAILAND;

EID: 54449100394     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31817bbc9a     Document Type: Article

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