Prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae among at-risk women, young sex workers, and street youth attending community organizations in Quebec city, Canada

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 437-443

  Poulin, Ćeline ^a   Alary, Michel ^a,b   Bernier, France ^c   Carbonneau, Diane ^b   Boily, Marie Claude ^b   Joly, Jean R ^d  

^a Direction Régionale de la Santé Publique de Québec   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034910608     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200108000-00002     Document Type: Article

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