General practitioners' knowledge and attitudes to contact tracing for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in North Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-366

  Heal, Clare ^a,c   Muller, Rosanne ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact tracing; Partner notification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50449099614     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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