The Chlamydia Cascade: Enhanced STD Prevention Strategies for Adolescents

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Chiaradonna, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID); Sexually transmitted disease (STD)

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349153780     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.10.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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