Chlamydia testing patterns for commercially insured women, 2008

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-341

  Tao, Guoyu ^a   Hoover, Karen W ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858652542     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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