A prospective study of the psychosocial impact of a positive Chlamydia trachomatis laboratory test

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1004-1011

  Gottlieb, Sami L ^a   Stoner, Bradley P ^b   Zaidi, Akbar A ^a   Buckel, Christina ^b   Tran, Molly ^b   Leichliter, Jami S ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MISSOURI; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054111964     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822b0bed     Document Type: Article

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