Comparing cost effectiveness of screening women for Chlamydia trachomatis in systematic and opportunistic approaches [3]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-74

  Postma, M J ^a   Welte, R ^a   Van den Hoek, J A R ^a   Morre S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036195394     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.1.73     Document Type: Letter

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