Opportunistic screening for chlamydial infection at time of cervical smear testing in general practice: Prevalence study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7128, 1998, Pages 351-352

  Oakeshott, Pippa ^a   Kerry, Sally ^a   Hay, Sima ^a   Hay, Phillip ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032583905     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7128.351     Document Type: Article

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