Concurrent sexual partnerships and sexually transmitted diseases in Russia

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-547

  Zhan, Weihai ^a   Krasnoselskikh, Tatiana V ^b   Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Golovanov, Sergei ^c   Kozlov, Andrei P ^b   Abdala, Nadia ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

^c Kalininsky District Dispensary for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Russian Federation)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957660060     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318205e449     Document Type: Article

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