The association between racial disparity in income and reported sexually transmitted infections

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 910-916

  Owusu Edusei, Kwame ^a   Chesson, Harrell W ^a   Leichliter, Jami S ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^a   Aral, Sevgi O ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876834058     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301015     Document Type: Article

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