Who participates in the dutch chlamydia screening? A study on demographic and behavioral correlates of participation and positivity

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-103

  Op De Coul, Eline L M ^a   Götz, Hannelore M ^b   Van Bergen, Jan E A M ^c   Fennema, Johannes S A ^d   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^e   Koekenbier, Rik H ^d   Pars, Lydia L ^c   Van Ravesteijn, Sander M ^b   Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^a   Van Den Broek, Ingrid V F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d Amsterdam Health Service ^*  (Netherlands)

^e South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855825221     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182383097     Document Type: Article

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