Heterosexual gonorrhoea at St Thomas' - I: Patient characteristics and implications for targeted STD and HIV prevention strategies

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-35

  Daker White, G ^a,b   Barlow, D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease prevention; gonorrhoea; social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031031591     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971918733     Document Type: Article

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