Does core area theory apply to sexually transmitted diseases in rural environments?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-40

  Gesink, Dionne C ^a   Sullivan, Ashleigh B ^a   Norwood, Todd A ^b   Serre, Marc L ^c   Miller, William C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84871624103     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182762524     Document Type: Article

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