Race of male sex partners and occurrence of bacterial vaginosis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-190

  Klebanoff, Mark A ^a   Andrews, William W ^b   Zhang, Jun ^a   Brotman, Rebecca M ^c   Nansel, Tonja R ^a   Yu, Kai Fun ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649131476     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c04865     Document Type: Article

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