Syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections in the Russian Federation

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 665-668

  Borisenko, K K ^a   Tichonova, L I ^b   Renton, A M ^c,d  

^a Russ Assoc against STD (SANAM)   (Russian Federation)

^b N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Russian Federation; STIs; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SYPHILIS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEW INDEPENDENT STATES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0032821431     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991913240     Document Type: Short Survey

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