Evaluation of inSPOTLA.org: An internet partner notification service

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Plant, Aaron ^a   Rotblatt, Harlan ^a   Montoya, Jorge A ^a   Rudy, Ellen T ^a   Kerndt, Peter R ^a  

^a Sexually Transmitted Disease Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859894055     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31824e5150     Document Type: Article

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