Partner notification for gonorrhoea: A comparative study with a provincial and a metropolitan UK clinic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-414

  Bell, Gill ^a   Ward, Helen ^c   Day, Sophie ^c   Ghani, Azra C ^c   Goan, Una ^b   Claydon, Elizabeth ^b   Kinghorn, George R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Gonorrhoea; Partner notification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032418297     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.6.409     Document Type: Article

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