Genital chlamydia, genital herpes, trichomonas vaginalis and gonorrhea prevalence, and risk factors among nearly 70,000 randomly selected women in 4 nordic countries

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 727-734

  Faber, Mette Tuxen ^a   Nielsen, Ann ^a   Nygård, Mari ^b   Sparén, Pär ^c   Tryggvadottir, Laufey ^d,e   Hansen, Bo Terning ^b   Liaw, Kai Li ^f   Kjaer, Susanne K ^g  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDOM; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENITAL CHLAMYDIASIS; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961021250     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318214bb9b     Document Type: Article

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