Opportunistic screening for chlamydia in young men

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 734-737

  Hince, Dana ^a   Brett, Tom ^a   Mak, Donna ^a   Bulsara, Max ^a   Moorhead, Robert ^a   Arnold Reed, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74049093992     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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