Implementation and effectiveness of an expedited partner therapy program in an urban clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 923-929

  Mickiewicz, Theresa ^a   Al Tayyib, Alia ^a,b   Thrun, Mark ^a,c   Rietmeijer, Cornelis ^a,d  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPODOXIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COLORADO; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870195225     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182756f20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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