Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in rural South African women

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Schneider, H ^a   Coetzee, D J ^a   Fehler, H G ^b   Bellingan, A ^c   Dangor, Y ^b   Radebe, F ^b   Ballard, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Screening; South Africa; STDs; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 0031825971     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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