Coverage and uptake of systematic postal screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis and prevalence of infection in the United Kingdom general population: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7497, 2005, Pages 940-942

  Macleod, John ^a   Salisbury, Chris ^b   Low, Nicola ^b   McCarthy, Anne ^b   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^b   Holloway, Aisha ^a   Patel, Rita ^b   Sanford, Emma ^b   Morcom, Andrea ^a   Horner, Paddy ^d   Smith, George Davey ^b   Skidmore, Susan ^e   Herring, Alan ^e   Caul, Owen ^e   Hobbs, F D Richard ^a   Egger, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 20244385574     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38413.663137.8F     Document Type: Article

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