Race a factor in whether young women are tested for sexually transmitted infections
Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 05:30
in Health & Medicine
When adolescent females visit a pediatric emergency department with complaints that may signal a sexually transmitted infection (STI), white youths are less likely to be tested than blacks, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 30, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver.