Higher Chlamydia trachomatis Prevalence in Ethnic Minorities Does Not Always Reflect Higher Sexual Risk Behaviour

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Matser, Amy ^a,b   Luu, Nancy ^a   Geskus, Ronald ^a,c   Heijman, Titia ^a   Heiligenberg, Marlies ^a,c   van Veen, Maaike ^a   Schim van der Loeff, Maarten ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTILLEAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUTCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURINAMESE;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SURINAME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84879060237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067287     Document Type: Article

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