The role of STD outreach testing in times of dwindling STD prevention resources

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 659-660

  Rietmeijer, Cornelis A ^a  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; GONORRHEA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042067951     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000083893.96048.F4     Document Type: Editorial

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