Chlamydia prevalence among college students: Reproductive and public health implications

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-532

  James, Adelbert B ^a   Simpson, Tina Y ^b   Chamberlain, William A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; HEALTH SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 48049103712     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181676697     Document Type: Article

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