Relationships among sociodemographic markers, behavioral risk, and sexually transmitted infections in U. S. female Marine Corps recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1078-1084

  Boyer, Cherrie B ^a   Pollack, Lance M ^b   Becnel, Jennifer ^a   Shafer, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY TEST; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAILOR; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56049104908     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.11.1078     Document Type: Article

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