A self-administered technique for the detection of sexually transmitted diseases in remote communities

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 289-292

  Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a   Paterson, Barbara ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^b   Bowden, Francis J ^b   Garland, Suzanne M ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TAMPON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030911107     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517269     Document Type: Article

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