Declining prevalence of chlamydial infection among adolescent girls

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-229

  Katz, Barry P ^a   Blythe, Margaret J ^a   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^a   Jones, Robert B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029990731     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199605000-00011     Document Type: Article

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