Was the Papanicolaou smear responsible for the decline of Trichomonas vaginalis? [3]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-

  Bowden, F J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0038650853     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.3.263     Document Type: Letter

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