Incidence of genital warts among the Hong Kong general adult population

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lin, Chunqing ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a,b   Ho, King Man ^c   Lau, Man Chun ^a   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a   Lo, Kuen Kong ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Health Cheung Sha Wan Dermatological Clinic 3/F West Kowloon Health Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957353025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-272     Document Type: Article

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