Maximising retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Walker, Jennifer ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a   Urban, Eve ^a   Chen, Marcus Y ^a   Bradshaw, Catriona ^b   Walker, Sandra M ^a   Donovan, Basil ^c   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^d   McNamee, Kathleen ^b,e   Currie, Marian ^f   Pirotta, Marie ^a   Kaldor, John ^c   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Birden, Hudson ^g   Harindra, Veerakathy ^h   Bowden, Francis J ^f   Garland, Suzanne ^a,d   Gunn, Jane M ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Family Planning Victoria   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952353406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-156     Document Type: Article

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