Chlamydia screening: Expanding the scope

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 570-572

  Stamm, Walter E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; SCREENING; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 5344234452     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-7-200410050-00016     Document Type: Editorial

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