Do the factors associated with successful contact tracing of patients with gonorrhoea and chlamydia differ?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-115

  Ross, J D C ^a   Sukthankar, A ^a   Radcliffe, K W ^a   Andre, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Contact tracing; Core groups; Epidemiology; Gonorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032964977     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.75.2.112     Document Type: Article

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