Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in undocumented migrants undergoing voluntary termination of pregnancy: A prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wolff, Hans ^a,b   Lourenço, Ana ^a   Bodenmann, Patrick ^b   Epiney, Manuella ^a   Uny, Monique ^a   Andreoli, Nicole ^a   Irion, Olivier ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Dubuisson, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INDUCED ABORTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149095173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-391     Document Type: Article

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