Evaluation of sexual health services within Australia and New Zealand

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 348-352

  Marks, Caron ^a   Tideman, Robin L ^a   Mindel, Adrian ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0030903567     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb123161.x     Document Type: Article

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