Surveillance for repeat gonorrhea infection, San Diego, California, 1995-2001: Establishing definitions and methods

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 373-379

  Gunn, Robert A ^a,b,c   Maroufi, Azarnoush ^b   Fox, Kimberly K ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542460127     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200406000-00011     Document Type: Article

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