Prevalence of STI related consultations in general practice: Results from the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 523, 2006, Pages 104-109

  van Bergen, Jan E A M ^a,b   Kerssens, Jan J ^c   Schellevis, Francois G ^c   Sandfort, Theo G ^d   Coenen, Ton J ^a   Bindels, Patrick J ^b  

^a National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Primary care; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 32344433293     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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