Performance of a screening algorithm for chlamydial infection in 2 samples of patients in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 873-875

  Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Avonts, Dirk ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a   Weyler, Joost ^a   Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Stalpaert, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AML Laboratory   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11344291383     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410025366     Document Type: Article

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