Urethral infection in a workplace population of East African men: Evaluation of strategies for screening and management

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 833-838

  Jackson, Denis J ^a   Rakwar, Joel P ^b   Chohan, Bhavna ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^b   Bwayo, Job J ^b   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^b   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^b   Kreiss, Joan K ^b   Moses, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSURIA; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030893882     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513979     Document Type: Article

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