Effectiveness of Self-Referral for Male Patients with Urethral Discharge Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-32

  Chen, Shumin ^a   Li, Zhongwei ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Zheng, Rongtao ^a   Shi, Benqing ^a   Zhou, Shengji ^a  

^a Shandong Prov Inst Dermatovener   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0346786549     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000105001.22376.CA     Document Type: Article

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