Interval to Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescent Females

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 275-279

  Malik, Amina I ^a   Huppert, Jill S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chlamydia Infections *diagnosis *therapy *prevention control; Female; Health services Accessibility *standards; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Retrospective Studies; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 34548491420     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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