Comparison of the performance of STI Screening Services for gay and bisexual men across 40 European cities: Results from the European MSM Internet Survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 575-582

  Schmidt, Axel J ^a   Hickson, Ford ^a   Weatherburn, Peter ^a   Marcus, Ulrich ^b  

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

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT; HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

HOMOSEXUALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SERVICE DELIVERY; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 84891513203     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050973     Document Type: Article

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