The Available Pool of Sex Partners and Risk for a Current Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 532-538

  Jennings, Jacky M ^a,b   Taylor, Ralph ^c   Iannacchione, Vince G ^d   Rogers, Susan M ^d   Chung, Shang En ^a   Huettner, Steven ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^a,b  

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

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

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Gonorrhea; Residence Characteristics; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Urban Health; Urban Population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953599590     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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