Trends in the epidemiology of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in eastern Europe, 1995-2005

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-14

  Uuskula A ^a   Puur, A ^b   Toompere, K ^a   DeHovitz, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Eesti Korgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIASIS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77649090647     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.037044     Document Type: Review

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