Managing and reporting notifiable disease in the sexual health clinic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 452-454

  Herbert, Sophie ^a   Hewitt, Kirsty ^b   Cassell, Jackie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENITOURINARY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENITOURINARY MEDICINE; NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84907286822     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051095     Document Type: Article

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