inSPOT: The First online STD partner notification system using electronic postcards

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1428-1431

  Levine, Deb ^a   Woodruff, Andrew J ^a   Mocello, A Rain ^b   Lebrija, Jaime ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a Internet Sexuality Information Services   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIASIS; E-MAIL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 55949133477     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050213     Document Type: Review

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