Risk behaviour, healthcare access and prevalence of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a population-based sample of adults in Barbados

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-194

  Adams, O P ^a   Carter, A O ^b   Prussia, P ^a   McIntyre, G ^a   Branch, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 45549093178     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.028126     Document Type: Article

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