Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 369-374 , September 2008

Partnership Concurrency Status and Condom Use Among Women Diagnosed with Trichomonas vaginalis

  • Bronwen Lichtenstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
    • ,
  • Renee A. Desmond, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • ,
  • Jane R. Schwebke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jane R. Schwebke, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, ZRB 239, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007

Received 19 November 2007 ,Revised 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 15 April 2008.

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 Supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institutes for Child and Health Development (NICHD) - RO1AI50718-O1A1 Schwebke (PI) titled “Control of Trichomoniasis—A Paradigm for STD Control.”

PII: S1049-3867(08)00061-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.04.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 369-374 , September 2008

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