Gender differences in testing for syphilis in emergency department patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 937-940

  Garfinkel, Michael ^a   Blumstein, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender bias; Sexually transmitted disease; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032704215     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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