Disease surveillance in the ED: Factors leading to the underreporting of gonorrhea

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-140

  Kirsch, Thomas D ^a,b,e   Shesser, Robert ^c   Barron, Margaret ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Providence Hospital Washington DC   (United States)

^e MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031912048     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90030-4     Document Type: Article

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