Chlamydia trends in men who have sex with men attending sexual health services in Australia, 2004-2008

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-346

  Guy, Rebecca Jane ^a   Wand, Handan ^a   Franklin, Neil ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^b,c   Chen, Marcus Y ^b,c   O'Connor, Catherine C ^d,e   Marshall, Lewis ^f   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a   Hellard, Margaret E ^g   Donovan, Basil ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHLAMYDIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIGRATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953196435     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318202719d     Document Type: Article

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