Acceptability and consequences of screening for chlamydia trachomatis by home-based urine testing

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 557-562

  Götz, Hannelore M ^a   Veldhuijzen, Irene K ^a   Van Bergen, Jan E A M ^b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^d   De Zwart, Onno ^a   Richardus, Jan H ^a,e   Broer, J ^c   Coenen, A J J ^b   De Groot, F ^c   Van Schaik, D T ^b   Verhooren, M J C ^c  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d Municipal Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

EID: 24944540678     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175416.15905.db     Document Type: Article

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