No evidence for a sustained increase in sexually transmitted diseases among heterosexuals in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A 12-year trend analysis at the sexually transmitted disease outpatient clinic Amsterdam

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 461-467

  Van Der Bij, Akke K ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a,b   Fennema, Han S A ^c   Adams, Karin ^d   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,b,e   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^a,b  

^a Health Service of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Health Service of Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34250893156     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000251230.62493.f3     Document Type: Article

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