Feasibility of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in young men attending an emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 428-430

  Sood, T ^a   Sally, D ^a   Spencer, D ^a   Banerjee, A ^a   Hinchley, G ^a  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47349091275     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.054155     Document Type: Article

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