Opportunities screening of young men for urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-39

  Andersen, Berit ^a   Eidner, Per Olav ^b   Hagensen, Dorthe ^b   Lomborg, Steen ^c   Hoff, Gerdi ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of General Practice ^*  (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; DENMARK; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 13644264385     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510026418     Document Type: Article

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