Use of the internet and self-collected samples as a sexually transmissible infection intervention in rural Illinois communities

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-85

  Jenkins, Wiley D ^a   Rabins, Charlie ^b   Barnes, Mathilda ^c   Agreda, Patricia ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chlamydia; gonorrhoea; testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERNET; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79251603141     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10012     Document Type: Article

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