Epidemiology of female genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 775-787

  Norman, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Sequelae; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERIHEPATITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036884920     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2002.0325     Document Type: Article

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