An estimate of the proportion of symptomatic gonococcal, chlamydial and non-gonococcal nonchlamydial urethritis attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men: A caseâ€"control study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-160

  Barbee, Lindley A ^a,b   Khosropour, Christine M ^a   Dombrowski, Julia C ^a,b   Manhart, Lisa E ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Public Health Seattle and King County HIV/STD Program   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; ORAL SEX; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRITIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES; URETHRA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 84958934992     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052214     Document Type: Article

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