A cross sectional study of how people diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted infection inform their partners

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 588-591

  Knight, Vickie ^a,b   Ryder, Nathan ^c   Bourne, Chris ^a,d,e   McNulty, Anna ^a,d  

^a SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Centre for Population Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84910610304     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051482     Document Type: Article

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