Sexually transmitted diseases among American Indians in Arizona: An important public health disparity

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Winscott, Michelle ^a   Taylor, Melanie ^a,b   Kenney, Kerry ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYPHILIS; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955879575     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s409     Document Type: Article

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