Setting up the first genitourinary clinic in Malta and an audit of the initial performance

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1375-1380

  Schembri, Gabriel ^a   Carabot, P ^a  

^a Sir Paul Boffa Hospital   (Malta)

Author keywords

Genitourinary; Malta; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 35648954628     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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