Persistent increase in the incidence of acute male urethritis diagnosed in general practices in France

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 523, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Massari, Véronique ^a,b   Dorléans, Yves ^b   Flahault, Antoine ^b  

^a Sentinelles Network   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General practice; Male urethritis; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ONLINE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRITIS;

EID: 32344451822     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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