Lessons learned on the implementation of jail syphilis screening in Nashville, Davidson County jail, 1999-2005

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Burke, Robert ^a,b   Rhodes, Jeselyn ^c,d  

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

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Nashville/Davidson County Metropolitan Health Department   (United States)

^d Metro Public Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRISON; PRISONER; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRISONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SYPHILIS; TENNESSEE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 62849126135     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181514872     Document Type: Article

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