On the need to screen for Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections prior to colposcopy in adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Harel, Zeev ^a   Riggs, Suzanne ^b  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia; Colposcopy; Gonorrhea; Latrogenic; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Salpingitis; STI screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COLPOSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY;

EID: 0030794074     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00238-8     Document Type: Article

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