Contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections in New South Wales, Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  McCarthy, Melissa ^a   Haddow, Lewis J ^a   Furner, Virginia ^b   Mindel, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Albion Street Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33847208549     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06019     Document Type: Article

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