Association of insurance coverage with Chlamydia screening

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Pourat, Nadereh ^a   Tao, Guoyu A ^b   Walsh, Cathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BREAST EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED;

EID: 41849119150     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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