Sexually transmitted diseases in Manitoba: Evaluation of physician treatment practices, STD drug utilization, and compliance with screening and treatment guidelines

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 840-846

  Moses, Stephen ^a   Elliott, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0036897256     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200212000-00017     Document Type: Article

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