Chlamydia testing in general practice - A survey of Victorian general practitioners

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-244

  Hocking, Jane S ^a,b   Lim, Megan S C ^b   Vidanapathirana, Janaki ^b   Read, Tim R H ^b,c   Hellard, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSTAL MAIL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 33751192696     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06042     Document Type: Article

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