STI surveillance by a sentinel network of physicians in Belgium

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 70-74

  Defraye, Ann ^a,b   Sasse, A ^a  

^a Afdeling Epidemiologie   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; HIV; STI; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; REGISTRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 24044555549     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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