Global prevalence and incidence estimates of selected curable STDS

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Gerbase, A C ^a   Rowley, J T ^b   Heymann, D H L ^a   Berkley, S F B ^c   Piot, P ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Global prevalence; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031821309     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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