Geomapping of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Birmingham

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 268-272

  Shahmanesh, Mohsen ^a   Gayed, Sedki ^a   Ashcroft, Mary ^a   Roopnarainsingh, Rishi ^a   Ross, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Ralph ^b   Dunn, Janet ^b  

^a Department of Genitourinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Ethnicity; Geomapping; Gonorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033811086     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.4.268     Document Type: Article

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