Gonorrhea prevalence and coinfection with chlamydia in women in the United States, 2000

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 472-476

  Dicker, Linda W ^b   Mosure, Debra J ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^b   Levine, William C ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037518455     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200305000-00016     Document Type: Article

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