Age- and Gender-Specific Estimates of Partnership Formation and Dissolution Rates in the Seattle Sex Survey

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-317

  Nelson, Sara J ^a   Hughes, James P ^a   Foxman, Betsy ^b   Aral, Sevgi O ^c   Holmes, King K ^a   White, Peter J ^d,e   Golden, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISSOLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGLE PERSON; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649329240     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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