Chlamydial infection: An accurate model for opportunistic screening in general practice

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Avonts, D ^a   Meheus, A ^a   Goossens, H ^a   Ieven, M ^a   Chapelle, S ^a   Lammens, C ^a   Van Royen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLEEDING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0042889211     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.4.313     Document Type: Article

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