Estimates of sexual partnership dynamics: Extending negative and positive gaps to status lengths

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 672-677

  Castillo Guajardo, D ^a   Garcia Ramos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; MONOGAMY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955943594     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.085936     Document Type: Article

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