Acceptance of syphilis screening among residents of high-STD-risk Houston communities

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 744-749

  Baseman, J ^a   Leonard, L ^a   Ross, M ^a   Hwang, L Y ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Screening; Street intercept; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TEXAS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034767480     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462011924254     Document Type: Article

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