Trichomoniasis in men: Old issues and new data

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 83-96

  Krieger, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0028904737     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199503000-00003     Document Type: Article

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