Chlamydia Trachomatis in older Los Angeles county residents, 1991-1998: Implications and recommendations for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in older age groups

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1557-1560

  Smith, Lisa V ^a,b   Malmgren, Roberta ^a   Dyer, Irene E ^a,b   Sorvillo, Frank ^a   Vaughn, Gregory S ^a   Visscher, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sexually Transmitted Disease Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Older people; Race and ethnicity; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0036718458     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50412.x     Document Type: Article

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