Partner notification for gonococcal and chlamydial infections in men who have sex with men: Success is underestimated by traditional disposition codes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-90

  Menza, Timothy W ^a,b   De Lore, Jef St ^a   Fleming, Mark ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Box 359931 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CODING; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; VALIDITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTACT TRACING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 39649094775     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31814fb125     Document Type: Article

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