Opportunistic screening for genital chlamydial infection. I: Acceptability of urine testing in primary and secondary healthcare settings

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-21

  Pimenta, J M ^a   Catchpole, Mike ^a   Rogers, P A ^a   Perkins, E ^b   Jackson, N ^c   Carlisle, C ^d   Randall, S ^e   Hopwood, J ^f   Hewitt, G ^e   Underhill, G ^e   Mallinson, H ^g   McLean, L ^e   Gleave, T ^f   Tobin, J ^e   Harindra, V ^e   Ghosh, A ^h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Thompson Yales Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^h ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLPOSCOPY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037324248     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.1.16     Document Type: Article

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