Condom deserts: Geographical disparities in condom availability and their relationship with rates of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 194-199

  Shacham, Enbal ^a   Nelson, Erik J ^a   Schulte, Lauren ^a   Bloomfield, Mark ^a   Murphy, Ryan ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONDOM USE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NORM; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MISSOURI; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPATIAL REGRESSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPATIAL REGRESSION;

EID: 84964607622     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052144     Document Type: Article

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