Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 443.e9-443.e16 , September 2006

Newly Homeless Youth STD Testing Patterns Over Time

  • M. Rosa Solorio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Rosa Solorio, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Family Medicine, 10880 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, California 90024-4142.
    • ,
  • Norweeta G. Milburn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Robert E. Weiss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Philip J. Batterham, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Received 4 August 2005 ,Accepted 15 December 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00566-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.017

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 443.e9-443.e16 , September 2006

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