Sex and sport: Chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kong, Fabian Y S ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^b   Link, Chris K ^c   Chen, Marcus Y ^d   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,e  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Women's Health Loddon Mallee   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPORT; SPORTING EVENT; URINALYSIS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; PILOT STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649333471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-73     Document Type: Article

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