The evolving epidemiology of chlamydial and gonococcal infections in response to control programs in Winnipeg, Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1496-1502

  Blanchard, James F ^a,b   Moses, Stephen ^c   Greenaway, Christina ^c   Orr, Pamela ^c   Hammond, Greg W ^c   Brunham, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Health   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031695870     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.10.1496     Document Type: Article

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