Risk profiles for Sexually Transmitted Diseases among patients attending the venereal disease clinic at Alexandria Main University Hospital

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 740-754

  Mostafa, S R ^a   Roshdy, O H ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE MANAGEMENT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033157243     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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