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Title Sexually transmitted diseases [electronic resource] / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.

Imprint San Diego : Greenhaven Press : Thomson/Gale, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series Contemporary issues companion
Contemporary issues companion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
Contents The silent STD epidemic: An overview / Susand Burner Bankowski and Brandon Bankowski -- Chlamydia: The most common bacterial STD / John S. Williamson and Christy M. Wyandt -- Gonorrhea: A resistant bacterium / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Syphilis: A dangerous mimic / Lisa Marr -- The Global HIV and AIDS epidemic / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- The relationship between human Papillomaviruses and Cancer / National Cancer Institute.
The impact of sexually transmitted diseases: An overview / Amercian Social Health Association -- Underestimating the risk of STDs / The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation -- The economic price of STDs / David Anderson -- The problem of STDs among adolescents and young adults / Sue Alford and Gary Linnen -- STDs can harm babies / Lorie A. Parch -- Women who have sex with women are at risk for STDs / Greta R. Bauer and Seth L. Welles -- The legal implications of STDs / Kim Pittuway.
The debate over STD prevention strategies / Gracie S. Hsu -- Condoms offer protection against STDs / Willard Cates, Jr. -- Condoms do not protect against STDs / Medical letter on the CDC & FDA -- Abstinence education can prevent STDs in adolescents / Catherine Edwards -- The relationship between beer taxes and gonorrhea rates / Ken Ringle -- Using gthe internet to prevent the spread of STDs / Lee Condon -- Stamping out Syphillis / Kathleen Fackelmann.
Workplace strategies to combat STDs / Helen Lippman -- Stress reduction may control the recurrence of Genital Herpes / Martin Kohl -- Cornering a killer / Jonathan Fahey -- Uncovering the silent suffering of a teen with Chlamydia / Sheri Fink -- A young woman learns to live with Genital Herpes / Holly Becker -- Six dancers living with AIDS / Wendy Perron -- Women helping others cope with incurable STDs / Leilani Lafaurie -- An upscale call girl speaks out on safe sex / Tracy Quan.
The Disease Intervention Specialist: Fighting the war against STDs / Sam Stall.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Subject Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Problems
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-
ISBN 9780737708363 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737708360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780737708370 (hb : alk. paper)
0737708379 (hb : alk. paper)

 
    
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