Activities to increase provider awareness of early syphilis in men who have sex with men in 8 cities, 2000-2004

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Taylor, Melanie ^a,b   Prescott, Larry ^c   Brown, James ^a,d   Wong, William ^e   Allen, Michelle ^f   Broussard, Dawn ^a,g   Jordahl, Lori ^h   Kerndt, Peter ^b  

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

^b Los Angeles County STD Program   (United States)

^c Houston STD Prevention Program   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Fulton County STD Program   (United States)

^g CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 26444507197     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000180460.68191.ab     Document Type: Article

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