Repeat chlamydia screening among adolescents: Cohort study in a school-based programme in New Orleans

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-24

  Low, Nicola ^a   Forster, Mathieu ^a,b   Taylor, Stephanie N ^c   Nsuami, M Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ORLEANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84873405405     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050469     Document Type: Article

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