The skinny on sexual risk: The effects of BMI on STI incidence and risk

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1527-1538

  Kershaw, Trace S ^a   Arnold, Anna ^a   Lewis, Jessica B ^a   Magriples, Urania ^b   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855174848     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9842-5     Document Type: Article

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