Lessons learned from recruiting young female students to a randomised controlled trial of chlamydia screening

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-191

  Ivaz, Stella ^a   Brennan, Sarah ^a   Dean, Sally ^a   Hay, Sima ^a   Hay, Phillip ^a   Kerry, Sally ^a   Oakeshott, Pippa ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Randomised controlled trial; Recruitment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SCREENING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645147118     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi109     Document Type: Article

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