Gender differences in sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections among adults in Lima, Peru

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1098-1107

  Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a   Escamilla, Joel ^b   Carrillo, Carlos ^a   Phillips, Irving A ^b   Barrios, César ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^c   Ashley, Rhoda L ^c   Kreiss, Joan K ^c   Holmes, King K ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b California   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 9444285832     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1098     Document Type: Article

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