Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Sydney women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-413

  Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b,c   Rohrsheim, Richard ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Screening; Sexually transmitted infections; Women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENSTRUATION; MIGRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 29244462829     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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