The spatial context of clinic-reported sexually transmitted infection in Hong Kong

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Shui Shan ^a   Ho, King Man ^b   Cheung, Georgiana M T ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; DEMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956700484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-275     Document Type: Article

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