Screening for chlamydial infection: Are we doing enough?

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9458, 2005, Pages 456-458

  Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NOTE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 13444266242     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70251-8     Document Type: Note

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