Chlamydia sentinel surveillance in aboriginal community controlled health services finds higher testing and positivity rates among younger people

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-581

  Goller, Jane L ^a   Ward, James ^b   Saunders, Mark ^c   Couzos, Sophie ^c   Kaldor, John ^a   Hellard, Margaret A ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chlamydia; Epidemiology; Health services; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871805934     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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