Self-obtained vaginal swabs for diagnosis of treatable sexually transmitted diseases in adolescent girls

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 676-679

  Smith, Kim ^a   Harrington, Kathy ^b   Wingood, Gina ^c,d   Kim Oh, M ^b   Hook III, Edward W ^a   DiClemente, Ralph J ^c,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0035013295     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.6.676     Document Type: Article

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