Physicians' STD diagnosis and screening practices in the South

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 624-630

  Wimberly, Yolanda Hill ^a,b   Hogben, Matthew ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Screening; Sexually transmitted diseases; South

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DNA PROBE; GONORRHEA; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 3242670399     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200407000-00003     Document Type: Article

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