Partner notification for gonorrhea - Time for new ideas

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-196

  Schillinger, Julia A ^a,b   Hogben, Matthew ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARTNER NOTIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247241770     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000258341.41264.15     Document Type: Editorial

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