Health care and preventive measures via chlamydiae screening;Gesundheitsvorsorge durch chlamydienscreening

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 408-414

  Petersen, E E ^a   Obermann, K ^a,b   Von Graf Der Schulenburg, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031687659     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022735     Document Type: Review

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