Sexually transmitted infection testing and screening in hospital-based primary care visits by women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Huppert, Jill S ^a   Goodman, Elizabeth ^b   Khoury, Jane ^b   Slap, Gail ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13544277886     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000151129.47746.be     Document Type: Review

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