The rate of sexually transmitted infections in ED patients with vaginal bleeding

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 563-569

  Berwald, Nicole ^a   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a   Cheng, Susan ^b   Augenbraun, Michael ^c   Abu Lawi, Khaled ^a   McLaughlin, Tom ^a   Lucchesi, Michael ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 66149160509     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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