Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 63-69 , July 2009

Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young, Chlamydia-Infected, Heterosexual Dyads

  • Lydia A. Shrier, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lydia A. Shrier, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Julia A. Schillinger, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York and Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Parul Aneja, Sc.M.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Peter A. Rice, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Byron E. Batteiger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Phillip G. Braslins, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., M.P.H.T.M.

      Affiliations

    • Rural Clinical Division, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Donald P. Orr, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • ,
  • J. Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Received 3 July 2008 ,Accepted 25 November 2008.

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 Peter A. Rice, M.D., was formerly of the Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Phillip G. Braslins, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., M.P.H.T.M., was formerly of the Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

PII: S1054-139X(08)00667-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.11.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 63-69 , July 2009

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