Screening high-risk adolescent males for Chlamydia trachomatis infection: Obtaining urine specimens in the field

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Gunn, Robert A ^a,c,e   Podschun, Gary D ^c   Fitzgerald, Star ^c   Hovell, Melbourne F ^d   Farshy, Carol E ^b   Black, Carolyn M ^b   Greenspan, Joel R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STD Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031983561     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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