Sexually transmitted disease core theory: Roles of person, place, and time

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-89

  Gesink, Dionne C ^a   Sullivan, Ashleigh B ^a   Miller, William C ^b   Bernstein, Kyle T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IL   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks; epidemic model; geography; sexually transmitted diseases; spatial analysis; syphilis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; WAVELENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959658288     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr035     Document Type: Article

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