Are Australian sexual health clinics attracting priority populations?

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 456-459

  Ali, Hammad ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Ryder, Nathan ^e   McNulty, Anna ^b   Chen, Marcus Y ^c,d   Marshall, Lewis ^f   O'Connor, Catherine C ^a,g,h   Dickson, Bridget ⁱ   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Hellard, Margaret E ^j   Kaldor, John M ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Clinic 34   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ CaraData Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^j BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; at risk populations; men who have sex with men; sex workers; sexually transmissible infections; young people

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION; PROSTITUTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886902704     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13066     Document Type: Article

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