Association between periodontal disease, bacterial vaginosis, and sexual risk behaviours

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 888-893

  Zabor, Emily Craig ^a   Klebanoff, Mark ^b   Yu, Kai ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Nansel, Tonja ^b   Andrews, William ^c   Schwebke, Jane ^c   Jeffcoat, Marjorie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial; bacterial infections; epidemiology; periodontal diseases; sexual behaviour; vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCUMCISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956520027     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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