Quality of sexually transmitted infection clinical management and contact tracing outcomes in a remote area of high sexually transmitted infection endemicity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 449-454

  Mak, Donna B ^a,b,c   Plant, Aileen J ^b   Bulsara, Max K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 3342901586     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000135983.89474.91     Document Type: Article

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