Knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis among men and women approached to participate in community-based screening, Scotland, UK

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lorimer, Karen ^a   Hart, Graham J ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650621041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-794     Document Type: Article

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