Repeated school-based screening for sexually transmitted diseases: A feasible strategy for reaching adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1281-1285

  Cohen, Deborah A ^b   Nsuami, Malanda ^c   Martin, David H ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^a  

^a Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asymptomatic infection; Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Ligase chain reaction; School based health centers; Screening; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032759234     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.6.1281     Document Type: Article

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