Chlamydia positivity in american Indian/Alaska native women screened in family planning clinics, 1997-2004

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 753-757

  Gorgos, Linda ^a,b   Fine, David ^c   Marrazzo, Jeanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Center for Health Training   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54749124656     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31816d1f7d     Document Type: Article

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