Sexuality and health: The hidden costs of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7188, 1999, Pages 931-933

  Duncan, Barbara ^a   Hart, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033519081     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7188.931     Document Type: Short Survey

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