STD syndrome packets: Improving syndromic management of sexually transmitted diseases in developing countries

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Wilkinson, David ^a,b,d   Harrison, Abigail ^a   Lurie, Mark ^a,c   Abdool Karim, Salim S ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0033058402     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199903000-00005     Document Type: Article

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