Time to treatment for women with chlamydial or gonococcal infections: A comparative evaluation of sexually transmitted disease clinics in 3 US cities

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-198

  Wong, David ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a   Furness, Bruce W ^a,b   Gunn, Robert A ^a,c   Taylor, Melanie ^a,d   Peterman, Thomas A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^c S Diego Co Hlth/Hum Serv Agy   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Department of Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13944272296     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000154494.95138.70     Document Type: Article

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