Trends in clinical encounters for pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis in a national sample of Australian general practices

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 384-386

  Chen, Marcus Y ^a,c   Pan, Ying ^b   Britt, Helena ^b   Donovan, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chlamydia trachomatis; Epididymo orchitis; Family practice; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDIDYMITIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 33646787137     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206777323436     Document Type: Article

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