Population-based strategies for outreach screening of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections: A randomized, controlled trial

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 252-258

  Andersen, Berit ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Møller, Jens K ^b   østergaard, Lars ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Clinical Microbiology ^*  (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037080357     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338268     Document Type: Article

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