Youth's experiences with STI testing in four communities in British Columbia, Canada

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-401

  Shoveller, J ^a   Johnson, J ^a   Rosenberg, M ^b   Greaves, L ^a   Patrick, D M ^a   Oliffe, J L ^a   Knight, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349325839     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.035568     Document Type: Article

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