Use of computerized medical records to determine the feasibility of testing for chlamydia without patients seeing a practitioner

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 755-757

  Yeung, A ^a   Bush, M ^b   Cummings, R ^b   Bradshaw, C S ^c   Chen, M ^a,b   Williams, H ^a   Denham, I ^b   Fairley, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Computer assisted self interviews; Express testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SAMPLE; SELF EXAMINATION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 78650831062     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010220     Document Type: Article

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