Can E-technology through the internet be used as a new tool to address the chlamydia trachomatis epidemic by home sampling and vaginal swabs?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 577-580

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Barnes, Mathilda ^a   Aumakhan, Bulbul ^a   Quinn, Nicole ^a   Agreda, Patricia ^a   Whittle, Pamela ^b   Hogan, Terry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARYLAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTAL SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE; VAGINAL SMEARS; WEST VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349326025     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a7482f     Document Type: Article

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