Periodic presumptive treatment for cervical infections in service women in 3 border provinces of Laos

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 558-564

  O'Farrell, Nigel ^a,b   Oula, Ratthiphone ^c   Morison, Linda ^b   Van, Cao Thi Bao ^d  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV; HUMANS; LAOS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33748286196     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000216033.00860.1b     Document Type: Article

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