Assessing spatial gaps in sexually transmissible infection services and morbidity: An illustration with Texas county-level data from 2007

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Owusu Edusei, Kwame ^a   Doshi, Sonal R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

family planning clinic; geographic information systems; spatial analysis; STI service location; Texas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CRIME; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865006203     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11117     Document Type: Article

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