Moving partner notification into the mainstream of routine sexual healthcare

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-

  Estcourt, Claudia ^a   Sutcliffe, Lorna ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CONTACT TRACING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34248138969     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.025056     Document Type: Note

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