Chlamydia and gonorrhea screening in United States Emergency Departments

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 558-567

  Jenkins, Wiley D ^a   Zahnd, Whitney ^a   Kovach, Regina ^a   Kissinger, Patricia ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chlamydia; Emergency Departments; gonorrhea; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873177575     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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