Development of composite symptom variables for quantitative analysis of genitourinary symptomatology in women

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Piper, Jeanna M ^a   Korte, Jeffrey E ^a   Holden, Alan E C ^a   Shain, Rochelle N ^a   Perdue, Sondra ^a   Champion, Jane D ^a   Newton, Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Genitourinary symptoms; Gonorrhoea; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 14644391528     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053057549     Document Type: Article

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