Socioeconomic disparities in sexually transmitted infections among young adults in the united states: Examining the interaction between income and race/ethnicity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 575-581

  Harling, Guy ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; BLACK PERSON; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888644442     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31829529cf     Document Type: Article

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