Good performance of rapid prostate-specific antigen test for detection of semen exposure in women: Implications for qualitative research

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 501-506

  Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Steiner, Markus J ^b   Rich, Kimberly D ^a   Gallo, Maria F ^c   Alam, Anadil ^d   Rahman, Motiur ^d   Menezes, Prema ^a   Chipato, Tsungai ^e   Warner, Lee ^c   Macaluso, Maurizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINA SMEAR; ZIMBABWE;

BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONDOMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 68249139954     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a2b4bf     Document Type: Article

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