Knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in women among primary care physicians

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 649-653

  Wiesenfeld, Harold C ^a,c   Dennard Hall, Keisha ^a   Cook, Robert L ^a   Ashton, Michael ^b   Zamborsky, Tracy ^a   Krohn, Marijane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944442790     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175393.71642.c8     Document Type: Article

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