Sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections in symptomatic clients of pharmacies in Lima, Peru

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-146

  Garcia P J ^a   Carcamo C P ^a   Chiappe, M ^a   Holmes, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PHARMACIES; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 34248170727     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.022657     Document Type: Article

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