Implementing chlamydia screening programs in juvenile correctional settings: The California experience

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Miller, Jamie L ^a,b,c   Samoff, Erika ^a   Bolan, Gail ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c STD Control Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; PRISON; PRISONER; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 62849088638     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181644658     Document Type: Article

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