Monitoring STI prevalence using telephone surveys and mailed urine specimens: A pilot test

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-238

  Eggleston, Elizabeth ^a   Turner, C F ^a,b   Rogers, S M ^a   Roman, A ^c   Miller, W C ^d   Villarroel, M A ^a   Ganapathi, L ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TELEPHONE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 20644466239     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011080     Document Type: Review

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