Open AccessSociodemographic distribution of gonorrhea incidence: implications for prevention and behavioral research.
Author(s) -
Roselyn J. Rice,
Pacita L. Roberts,
H. Hunter Handsfield,
King K. Holmes
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.10.1252
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , demography , incidence (geometry) , medicine , ethnic group , socioeconomic status , psychological intervention , chlamydia , residence , quartile , gerontology , environmental health , population , confidence interval , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology , optics
Despite a declining incidence during the AIDS era, gonorrhea remains the most frequently reported communicable disease in the United States.