Patient referral outcome in gonorrhoea and chlamydial infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 323-330

  Van Duynhoven, Yvonne T H P ^a   Schop, Winfred A ^a   Van Der Meijden, Willem I ^b   Van De Laar, Marita J W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infections; Gonorrhoea; Partner notification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031697932     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.5.323     Document Type: Article

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