Screening programmes for chlamydial infection: When will we ever learn?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7596, 2007, Pages 725-728

  Low, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247237658     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39154.378079.be     Document Type: Article

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