Attitudes of WA GPs to chlamydia partner notification. A survey

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 448-452

  Bangor Jones, Revle D ^a   McCloskey, Jenny ^b   Levinia Crooks, A M ^c   Bastian, Lisa A ^d   Mak, Donna B ^e   Dykstra, Christine ^f   Marshall, Lewis J ^b   Achitei, Simona R ^g  

^a Health Department of Western Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Australasian Society of HIV Medicine   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67449138774     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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