Positive screening tests for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection fail to lead consistently to treatment of patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Schwebke, Jane R ^a,b   Sadler, Robert ^b   Sutton, J Michael ^b   Hook III, Edward W ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030988509     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199704000-00001     Document Type: Article

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