Chlamydia trachomatis infections in multi-ethnic urban youth: A pilot combining STI health education and outreach testing in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Götz, Hannelore M ^a,b   Veldhuijzen, I K ^a   Ossewaarde, J M ^b   De Zwart, O ^a   Richardus, J Hendrik ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA ISOLATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; SURINAME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33645838873     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.017046     Document Type: Article

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