Sexually transmitted infection prevalence in symptomatic adolescent emergency department patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1277-1280

  Goyal, Monika ^a,b,c,d,e   Hayes, Katie ^b   Mollen, Cynthia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; prevalence; sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871634975     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182767d7c     Document Type: Article

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