Rationale, design, and results of the first screening round of a comprehensive, register-based, Chlamydia screening implementation programme in the Netherlands

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  van Bergen, Jan E A M ^a   Fennema, Johannes S A ^b   van den Broek, Ingrid V F ^e   Brouwers, Elfi E H G ^d   de Feijter, Eva M ^a   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^d   Koekenbier, Rik H ^b   Op de Coul, Eline L M ^e   van Ravesteijn, Sander M ^c   Götz, Hannelore M ^c  

^a National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; CHLAMYDIASIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957331592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-293     Document Type: Article

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