Sexually transmitted infections among women who have sex with women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Gorgos, Linda M ^a   Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LESBIAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055133532     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir697     Document Type: Article

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