Prevalence and risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in female New Zealand university students

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1220, 2005, Pages

  Baker, Michael ^a,b   Ortega Benito, Jose M ^a,c   Garret, Nick ^a,d   Bromhead, Collette ^e   Leslie, Kathryn ^f   MacDonald, Jane ^g   McNicholas, Anne ^a,h  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e Wellington Medical School   (New Zealand)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^g Wellington Sexual Health Clinic   (New Zealand)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 27244432875     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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