Barriers to infectious diseases care among lesbians

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1974-1978

  Marraso, Jeanne M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Seattle STD/HIV Prev/Train Ctr   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDUCED ABORTION; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; LESBIAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 7644235492     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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