Sexually transmitted disease clinic clients at risk for subsequent gonorrhea and chlamydia infections: Possible 'core' transmitters

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 343-349

  Gunn, Robert A ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Star ^b   Aral, Sevgi O ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c STD Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0033922243     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200007000-00008     Document Type: Article

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