Confusion regarding cervical cancer screening and chlamydia screening among sexually active young women

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-37

  Ogbechie, Oluwatobi Awele ^a   Hacker, Michele R ^a,b   Dodge, Laura E ^b   Patil, Mitalee Milan ^a   Ricciotti, Hope A ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dimock Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855887820     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050289     Document Type: Article

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