Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and sexual risk behaviors in the US military: How sex influences risk

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 359-364

  Stahlman, Shauna ^a   Javanbakht, Marjan ^a   Cochran, Susan ^a   Hamilton, Alison B ^b   Shoptaw, Steven ^c   Gorbach, Pamina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE USE; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901254026     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000133     Document Type: Article

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