The decentralization of syphilis screening for improved care in Jamaican public clinics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1019-1021

  Behets, Frieda M T ^a   Brathwaite, Alfred ^b   Bennett, Leeford ^b   Douglas, Ken Garfield ^b   Dallabetta, Gina A ^c   Figueroa, J Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; JAMAICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0030812369     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1019     Document Type: Article

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