Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and sexual behaviour in Christchurch high school students

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1158, 2002, Pages

  Corwin, Paul ^a   Abel, Gillian ^a   Wells, J Elisabeth ^a   Coughlan, Edward ^b   Bagshaw, Sue ^c   Sutherland, Margaret ^a   Plumridge, Libby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Sexual Health Centre   (New Zealand)

^c Youth Health Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; URINALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE;

EID: 0037178911     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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