Disparities in chlamydia testing among young women with sexually transmitted infection symptoms

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 751-755

  Wiehe, Sarah E ^a,b   Rosenman, Marc B ^a,b   Wang, Jane ^b   Fortenberry, J Dennis ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650264370     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e50044     Document Type: Article

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