Delayed presentation to clinics for sexually transmitted diseases by symptomatic patients: A potential contributor to continuing STD morbidity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 443-448

  Hook III, Edward W ^a,b,i   Richey, Charity M ^a   Leone, Peter ^c   Bolan, Gail ^d   Spalding, Cora ^c   Henry, Keith ^e   Clarke, Peggy ^f   Smith, Mark ^g   Celum, Connie L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^e St Paul Ramsey Co Pub Hlth Dept   (United States)

^f American Social Health Association   (United States)

^g HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030827126     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199709000-00001     Document Type: Article

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