Variations in the effect of incarceration on community gonorrhoea rates, Guilford County, North Carolina, 2005-2006

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Porter, K A ^a   Thomas, J C ^a   Emch, M E ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diseases; Environment; Epidemiology; Gonorrhoea; North America

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149153429     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008462     Document Type: Article

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