Sexually transmitted diseases in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 354-358

  Schwebke, J R ^a   Aira, T ^b   Jordan, N ^a   Jolly, P E ^a   Vermund, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhoea; Mongolia; STD; Syphilis; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; HETEROSEXUALS--MEN; HETEROSEXUALS--WOMEN; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; MONGOLIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031807283     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981922269     Document Type: Article

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