Rates of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in U.S. Military Personnel Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan (2004-2009)

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-710

  Aldous, Wade K ^a,b   Robertson, Janelle L ^a,c   Robinson, Brian J ^a   Hatcher, Christopher L ^a   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,c   Conger, Nicholas G ^d   Murray, Clinton K ^a,c  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of the Health Sciences ^*

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051618653     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00218     Document Type: Article

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