A survey of sexually transmitted diseases/HIV coinfection testing and reporting practices among health care providers in New Jersey

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 406-412

  Seña, Arlene C ^a   Mertz, Kristen J ^b   Thomas, Dorotha ^b   Wells, Deborah ^c   Costa, Sam ^c   Levine, William C ^b  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 21044439986     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000154509.68438.8d     Document Type: Review

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