Lessons learned from a population-based chlamydia screening pilot

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 826-830

  Götz, Hannelore M ^a,b   Van Bergen, Jan E A M ^c   Veldhuijzen, Irene K ^a,b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^d   Broer, Jan ^e   Coenen, A J J ^c   De Groot, F ^d   Verhooren, M J C ^f   Van Schaik, D T ^c   Richardus, Jan H ^a,b,g  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c STI AIDS Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Department of Environmental Medicine   (Netherlands)

^e Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

^f Municipal Health Service Hart Voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chlamydia infections epidemiology prevention and control urine; Chlamydia trachomatis; Computer support; Female; Human; Male; Mass screening organization and administration; Outcome assessment; Programme evaluation; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33846053645     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206779307577     Document Type: Article

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