Chlamydia prevalence in young attenders of rural and regional primary care services in Australia: A cross-sectional survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-175

  Yeung, Anna H ^a   Temple Smith, Meredith ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,c   Vaisey, Alaina M ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^d   Law, Matthew G ^d   Low, Nicola ^e   Bingham, Amie L ^a   Gunn, Jane ^b   Kaldor, John ^d   Donovan, Basil ^d,f   Hocking, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894034735     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10729     Document Type: Article

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