Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 169-174 , March 2002

Increased prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 among adolescent women with alcohol use disorders

  • Robert L Cook, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and the Center for Research on Health Care (R.L.C.), and the Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center (N.K.P., A.K.R., D.B.C.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Robert L. Cook, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh, E820 UPMC Montefiore, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA
    • ,
  • Nancy K Pollock, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and the Center for Research on Health Care (R.L.C.), and the Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center (N.K.P., A.K.R., D.B.C.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Agam K Rao, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and the Center for Research on Health Care (R.L.C.), and the Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center (N.K.P., A.K.R., D.B.C.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Duncan B Clark, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and the Center for Research on Health Care (R.L.C.), and the Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center (N.K.P., A.K.R., D.B.C.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

,Accepted 28 September 2001.

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☆ The study was supported in part by NIAAA grants K23 AA00303, K02-AA-00291, and P50-AA-08746 and by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Health Care.

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Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 169-174 , March 2002

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