An audit of Chlamydia trachomatis screening in colposcopy - Hartlepool experience

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 500-501

  Tayal, Sarup C ^a   Robertson, Alan ^b   Doxford, Lynda ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital of Hartlepool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Chlamydia trachomatis; Colposcopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 22344447859     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462054308350     Document Type: Article

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