Design of a community-based study of sexually transmitted infections/HIV and infertility in an urban area of Northern Tanzania

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-24

  Larsen, Ulla ^a   Mlay, Joseph ^b   Aboud, Said ^c   Ballard, Ronald ^d   Sam, Noel E ^e   Shao, John F ^e   Kapiga, Saidi H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Mbeya Referral Hospital Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^c National Bureau of Statistics   (Tanzania)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33845999591     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000218878.29220.8e     Document Type: Article

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