Physicians' opinions on partner management for nonviral sexually transmitted infections

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-233

  Niccolai, Linda M ^a,b   Winston, Diana M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844262965     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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