Disentangling screening and diagnostic chlamydia test positivity among females testing at title x-funded and adolescent health clinics, San Francisco 2009

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 630-633

  Stephens, Sally C ^a   Snell, Ameera ^a   Liska, Sally ^a   Rauch, Leah ^a   Philip, Susan S ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

chlamydia; gonorrhea; positivity; screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SAN FRANCISCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959648396     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31820c3432     Document Type: Article

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