Strategies for syphilis prevention in the 1990s

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-67

  St Louis, Michael E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0030061616     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199601000-00012     Document Type: Review

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