Births and ectopic pregnancies in a large cohort of women tested for Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 739-743

  Bakken, Inger Johanne ^a   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^a   Lydersen, Stian ^b   Nordbø, Svein Arne ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34648821233     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000261326.65503.f6     Document Type: Article

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