Bacterial Vaginosis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection Among Women Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic: A Longitudinal Analysis of Possible Causal Links

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-220

  Gallo, Maria F ^a   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a   Warner, Lee ^a   Fleenor, Michael E ^b   Hook, Edward W ^b,c,d,e   Brill, Ilene ^c   Weaver, Mark A ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial Vaginosis; Epidemiology; Incidence; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ALABAMA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857442417     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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