Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sexual Risk Behaviors And STDs During Young Men's Transition to Adulthood

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Dariotis, Jacinda K ^a   Sifakis, Frangiscos ^a   Pleck, Joseph H ^b   Astone, Nan M ^a   Sonenstein, Freya L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952459417     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4305111     Document Type: Article

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