Implementation of expedited partner therapy among women with chlamydia infection at an urban family planning clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 722-726

  Kerns, Jennifer L ^a   Jones, Heidi E ^b   Pressman, Emilee J ^b   Fratarelli, Leigh Ann ^b   Garth, Janet ^b   Westhoff, Carolyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DATA BASE; EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALITY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961027733     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318214bb83     Document Type: Article

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