Who is being tested by the English National Chlamydia Screening Programme? A comparison with national probability survey data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-311

  Riha, Johanna ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^b   Soldan, Kate ^a   French, Clare E ^a   Macintosh, Mary ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956282550     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.047027     Document Type: Article

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