Management rates of sexually transmissible infections by Australian general practitioners, 2000-2012

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-57

  Santella, Anthony J ^a   Pollack, Allan ^b   Harrison, Christopher ^b   Sawleshwarkar, Shailendra N ^a   Britt, Helena C ^b   Hillman, Richard J ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BEACH program; General practice; Health services; Primary care; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84897097441     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13179     Document Type: Article

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