The english national chlamydia screening programme: Where next?

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 681-683

  Macintosh, M ^a   McKee, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 84880754063     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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