Acceptability of urine-based screening for Chlamydia trachomatis to asymptomatic young men and their providers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a,f   Ellen, Jonathan M ^b   Kent, Charlotte ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Chapin, Johanna ^d   Dunne, Eileen F ^d   Rietmeijer, Cornelis A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URINE;

EID: 33947714045     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000230438.12636.eb     Document Type: Article

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