Factors associated with appropriate physician management of sexually transmitted diseases in an urban Canadian center

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Sellors, John W ^a,b   Landis, Stephan J ^b   Pickard, Laura ^a,b   Dalby, Dawn M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONDYLOMA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URETHRITIS; UROLOGY; VAGINITIS;

ATTITUDE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0030767277     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199708000-00002     Document Type: Article

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