Sexual contact tracing outcome in adolescent chlamydial and gonococcal cervicitis cases

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-9

  Kim Oh, M ^b   Boker, John R ^b   Genuardi, Frank J ^b   Cloud, Gretchen A ^b   Reynolds, Julia ^b   Bart Hodgens, J ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adolescents; C. trachomatis; N. gonorrhoeae; partner notification; sex contact tracing; sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0030043988     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00109-6     Document Type: Article

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