Testing commercial sex workers for chlamydia and gonorrhoea on outreach

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-232

  Macauley, S ^a   Creighton, S ^b  

^a City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VULVA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LONDON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 66449103545     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.034199     Document Type: Article

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