Gonorrhea: Epidemiology and control strategies

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-159

  Alary, Michel ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Gonorrhea control; N. gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030746851     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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