Sexual health problems managed in Australian general practice: A national, cross sectional survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Freedman, E ^a   Britt, H ^a   Harrison, C M ^a   Mindel, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIQUIMOD; METRONIDAZOLE; PODOPHYLLIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL CANDIDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TESTIS DISEASE; URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33144464234     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.016931     Document Type: Review

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