High chlamydia positivity rates in indigenous people attending Australian sexual health services

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 595-598

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

^a SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CaraData Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ Sydney Sexual Health Centre   (Australia)

^j BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904463122     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10875     Document Type: Article

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