Nowhere near the point of diminishing returns: Correlations between chlamydia testing and notification rates in New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-253

  Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Donovan, Basil ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 20444441523     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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