Home sampling versus conventional contact tracing for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis infection in male partners of infected women: Randomised study

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7128, 1998, Pages 350-351

  Andersen, Berit ^a   Østergaard, Lars ^b   Møller, Jens K ^b   Olesen, Frede ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032583832     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7128.350     Document Type: Article

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