Are adolescent girls with chlamydia infection notifying their partners?

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Lim, Sylvia W ^a,b   Coupey, Susan M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervicitis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact tracing; Partner notification; Partner treatment; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 14744279884     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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