Finding sex partners on the internet: What is the risk for sexually transmitted infections?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-220

  Al Tayyib, Alia A ^a,b   McFarlane, M ^c   Kachur, R ^c   Rietmeijer, C A ^a,b  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLORADO; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 66449121887     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032631     Document Type: Article

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