Post-treatment sexual and prevention behaviours of adolescents with sexually transmitted infections
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Post-treatment sexual and prevention behaviours of adolescents with sexually transmitted infections.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate sexual behaviour (including abstinence), sex partner change, and condom use during the 3 month period following treatment for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis, or non-gonococcal urethritis. METHODS 251 14-21 year old participants (83% female; 83% African-American) diagnosed with gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomonas, or non-gonococcal uret...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.5.365