Sexual network position and risk of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Fichtenberg, C M ^a   Muth, S Q ^b   Brown, B ^c   Padian, N S ^d   Glass, T A ^a   Ellen, J M ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 72449157440     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.036681     Document Type: Article

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