The geography of heterosexual partnerships in baltimore city adults

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Gindi, Renee M ^a   Sifakis, Frangiscos ^b   Sherman, Susan G ^b   Towe, Vivian L ^b   Flynn, Colin ^c   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

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

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953201138     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f7d7f4     Document Type: Article

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