Increased attendances of people of eastern European origin at sexual health services in London

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Burns, F M ^a   Mercer, C H ^a   Evans, A R ^a   Gerry, C J ^a   Mole, R ^a   Hart, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 61449177957     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.029546     Document Type: Article

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