Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China;Disponibilité et recours au dépistage de la syphilis dans les établissements médicaux de Chine méridionale

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 798-805

  Yang, Li Gang ^a   Tucker, Joseph D ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Shen, Song Ying ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^b   Yang, Bin ^a   Peeling, Rosanna ^c  

^a Guangdong Provincial Center for STI Prevention and Control   (China)

^b National Center for STD Control   (China)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYGIENE; PREGNANCY; SYPHILIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TOLUIDINE RED UNHEATED SERUM TEST; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION TEST;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 80055121773     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.089813     Document Type: Article

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