Erratum: Estimating the likely public health impact of partner notification for a clinical service: An evidence-based algorithm (American Journal of Public Health (2011) 101 (11):2117-2123 DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300211;Estimating the likely public health impact of partner notification for a clinical service: An evidence-based algorithm

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2117-2123

  Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Aicken, Catherine R H ^a   Brook, M Gary ^b   Estcourt, Claudia S ^c   Cassell, Jackie A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 80054970270     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300211e     Document Type: Erratum

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