Eliminating congenital syphilis-if not now then when?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 721-723

  Hawkes, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SYPHILIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70350755852     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bc9a1a     Document Type: Editorial

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