Cervicitis: To Treat or Not To Treat? The Role of Patient Preferences and Decision Analysis

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 887-892

  Sheeder, Jeanelle ^a   Stevens Simon, Catherine ^a   Lezotte, Dennis ^b   Glazner, Judith ^b   Scott, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicitis; Disease; Pelvic inflammatory; Psychological stress; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 33750967949     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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