Incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease among women treated for gonorrhea or chlamydia

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Rothman, Kenneth J ^a   Lanza, Lee ^a   Lal, Anand ^a   Peskin, Edward G ^b   Dreyer, Nancy A ^a  

^a Epidemiology Resources Inc   (United States)

^b Fallon Community Health Plan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; incidence; pelvic inflammatory disease; sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0030513927     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199611)5:6<409::AID-PDS232>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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