Risk behaviours by type of concurrency among young people in three STI clinics in the United States

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-287

  Hess, Kristen L ^a   Gorbach, Pamina M ^a   Manhart, Lisa E ^b   Stoner, Bradley P ^c   Martin, David H ^d   Holmes, King K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

drug use; multiple partners; sexual behaviour.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862536576     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11047     Document Type: Article

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