Determining risk markers for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection and reinfection among adolescents in public high schools

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-8

  Anschuetz, Greta L ^a   Beck, Jennifer N ^a,b   Asbel, Lenore ^a,c   Goldberg, Martin ^a   Salmon, Melinda E ^a,d   Spain, C Victor ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHILADELPHIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; SCHOOLS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049084387     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181860108     Document Type: Article

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