Screening women for gonorrhea: Demographic screening criteria for general clinical use

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1535-1538

  Mertz, Kristen J ^a   Levine, William C ^a   Mosure, Debra J ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a   Dorian, Kenneth J ^b   Hadgu, Alula ^a  

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

^b Health Promotion in the Columbus Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030771711     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1535     Document Type: Article

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