Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among men and women entering California prisons

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1862-1866

  Bernstein, Kyle T ^d   Chow, Joan M ^a,c   Ruiz, Juan ^a   Schachter, Julius ^b   Horowitz, Evalyn ^d   Bunnell, Rebecca ^d   Bolan, Gail ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CA DHS   (United States)

^d Building P ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS;

EID: 33749322573     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056374     Document Type: Article

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