Treatment and partner notification outcomes for gonorrhoea: Effect of ethnicity and gender

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-289

  Apoola, Ade ^a   Mantella, Isabelle ^b   Wotton, Mari ^b   Radcliffe, Keith ^b  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Gonorrhoea; Partner notification; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CONTACT TRACING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18744396689     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053654159     Document Type: Article

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