Barriers to effective STI screening in a post-Soviet society: Results from a qualitative study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Uusküla, Anneli ^a   Kangur, K ^a   McNutt, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747175439     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.019000     Document Type: Article

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