IU study: Half of urban teen girls acquire STIs within 2 years of first sexual activity

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 12:14 in Health & Medicine

INDIANAPOLIS -- Half of urban teenage girls may acquire at least one of three common sexually transmitted infections (STI) within two years of becoming sexually active, according to an Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute study. The study appears in the December 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Link:  http://www.medicine.iu.edu/

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