Chlamydia detection during the menstrual cycle: A cross-sectional study of women attending a sexual health service

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Forcey, Dana S M ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^b   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Fehler, Glenda ^a,b   Nash, Jessica L ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,e  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BETA-GLOBINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODDS RATIO; VICTORIA;

EID: 84899922952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085263     Document Type: Article

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