Clinical settings and specialities notifying cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue JANUARY, 2011, Pages

  Baillif, Amanda ^a   Low, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case management; Disease notification; Primary care; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; SYPHILIS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955784445     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13143     Document Type: Article

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