Improved STD Syndrome Management by a Network of Clinicians and Pharmacy Workers in Peru: The PREVEN Network

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Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  García, Patricia J ^a,c   Carcamo, Cesar P ^a,c   Garnett, Geoff P ^b   Campos, Pablo E ^a   Holmes, King K ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

CERTIFICATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PERU; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84867630036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047750     Document Type: Article

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