Performance of the recommendations of a British advisory group for screening for chlamydia in a sample of women in general practice

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-15

  Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Avonts, Dirk ^a   Meheus, Andre ^a   Ieven, Margaretha ^a   Goossens, Herman ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0038366811     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914103321610752     Document Type: Article

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