What's in a word? Case definitions in sexual health medicine

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-94

  Chan, D J ^a   Donovan, B ^a  

^a Albion Street Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Case definition; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 14644414203     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053057657     Document Type: Review

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