Sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected heavy drinkers in St Petersburg, Russia

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 853-858

  Pace, C A ^a   Lioznov, D ^b   Cheng, D M ^c   Wakeman, S E ^d   Raj, A ^e   Walley, A Y ^a   Coleman, S M ^c   Bridden, C ^a   Krupitsky, E ^b   Samet, J H ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Alcohol drinking; HIV; Risk behaviour; Russia; Sexually transmitted infection; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNSAFE SEX; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84871672878     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.012004     Document Type: Article

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