Chlamydia control activities in Europe: Cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-561

  Low, Nicola ^a   Cassell, Jackie A ^b   Spencer, Brenda ^c   Bender, Nicole ^a   Martin Hilber, Adriane ^d   Van Bergen, Jan ^e   Andersen, Berit ^f,g   Herrmann, Björn ^h   Dubois Arber, Françoise ^c   Hamers, Françoise F ⁱ   Van De Laar, Marita ^j   Stephenson, Judith M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

^j EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84864530142     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr046     Document Type: Article

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