Internet-based screening for sexually transmitted infections to reach nonclinic populations in the community: Risk factors for infection in men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 756-763

  Chai, Shua J ^a   Aumakhan, Bulbulgul ^a   Barnes, Mathilda ^b   Jett Goheen, Mary ^b   Quinn, Nicole ^b   Agreda, Patricia ^b   Whittle, Pamela ^c   Hogan, Terry ^b   Jenkins, Wiley D ^d   Rietmeijer, Cornelis A ^e   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a,b  

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

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

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMEAR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650274697     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e3d771     Document Type: Article

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