Risk factors for repeat syphilis in men who have sex with men, san francisco

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 331-335

  Phipps, Warren ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^b   Kohn, Robert ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SYPHILIS;

EID: 67049100339     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181990c85     Document Type: Article

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