Self-collection of vaginal swab specimens: The patient's perception

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 426-

  Verhoeven, Véronique ^a   Avonts, Dirk ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a   Denekens, Joke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF EXAMINATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036303628     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200207000-00012     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Home screening for chlamydial genital infection: Is it acceptable to young men and women?
2. Evaluation of self-taken samples for the presence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women using the LCR assay
3. The vaginal introitus: A novel site for Chlamydia trachomatis testing in women