Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women reporting sexual activity with women screened in family planning clinics in the Pacific Northwest, 1997 to 2005

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1284-1290

  Singh, Devika ^a,c   Fine, David N ^b   Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Center for Health Training   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958825198     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.169631     Document Type: Article

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