Developing and validating a risk scoring tool for chlamydia infection among sexual health clinic attendees in Australia: A simple algorithm to identify those at high risk of chlamydia infection

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wand, Handan ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a   McNulty, Anna ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sydney Sexual Health Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 79955905268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000005     Document Type: Article

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