Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 216-223 , March 2004

New sex partner acquisition and sexually transmitted disease risk among adolescent females

  • Linda M Niccolai, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (L.M.N., T.S.K., J.B.L., J.R.I.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Linda M. Niccolai, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, PO Box 208034, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA.
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  • Kathleen A Ethier, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.A.E.)
    • ,
  • Trace S Kershaw, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (L.M.N., T.S.K., J.B.L., J.R.I.)
    • ,
  • Jessica B Lewis, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (L.M.N., T.S.K., J.B.L., J.R.I.)
    • ,
  • Christina S Meade

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (C.S.M., J.R.I.)
    • ,
  • Jeannette R Ickovics, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (L.M.N., T.S.K., J.B.L., J.R.I.)
    • Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (C.S.M., J.R.I.)

,Accepted 29 May 2003.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00250-7

doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00250-7

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 216-223 , March 2004

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