Outreach Syphilis Testing Services by Different Health Providers to Female Sex Workers in Southern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a,b   Yin, Yue Ping ^a,b   Liu, Guo Gu ^c   Wei, Wan Hui ^a,b   Wang, Hong Chun ^a,b   Yu, Yuan Lin ^c   Mabey, David C ^d   Peeling, Rosanna W ^d  

^a National Center for STD Control   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Health Bureau of Liuzhou City   (China)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEROLOGY TEST KIT; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; CITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHINA; CITIES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX WORKERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84876559426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060626     Document Type: Article

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