Innovations in sexually transmitted disease partner services

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Hogben, Matthew ^a   Niccolai, Linda M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; URETHRITIS;

EID: 62549149446     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-009-0022-6     Document Type: Review

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