Urine screening for gonococcal and Chlamydial infections at community- based organizations in a high-morbidity area

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 146-151

  Jones, Catherine A ^a   Knaup, Richard C ^b   Hayes, Mary ^c   Stoner, Bradley P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b City St Louis Dept Hlth Hospitals   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034097141     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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