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Pregnant adolescents at risk: sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted disease prevalence.

TitlePregnant adolescents at risk: sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted disease prevalence.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsNiccolai, Linda M., Kathleen A. Ethier, Trace S. Kershaw, Jessica B. Lewis, and Jeannette R. Ickovics
JournalAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Volume188
Issue1
Pagination63-70
Date Published2003 Jan
ISSN0002-9378
KeywordsAdolescent, African Americans, Chlamydia Infections, Female, Gonorrhea, Hispanic Americans, Humans, Logistic Models, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Pregnancy Trimester, Third, Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the level of high-risk sexual behaviors and the prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhea among pregnant adolescents.
DOI10.1007/s10995-010-0650-3
Alternate JournalAm. J. Obstet. Gynecol.

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