Sexual behaviour and Chlamydia trachomatis infections in German female urban adolescents, 2004

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-439

  Griesinger, Georg ^a   Gille, G ^b   Klapp, C ^b,c   von Otte, S ^a   Diedrich, K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Medical Association for the Promotion of Women's Health (AEGGF)   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia trachomatis; Condom use; Health risks; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 33847778868     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01680.x     Document Type: Article

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