Generation C: Prevalence of and risk factors for chlamydia trachomatis among adolescents and young women in Lima, Peru

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1419-1424

  Paul, Kathleen J ^a   Garcia, Pedro J ^c   Giesel, Ann E ^b   Holmes, King K ^b   Hitti, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL MATERNO PERINATAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; COITARCHE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349197833     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1069     Document Type: Article

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