What are seasonal and meteorological factors are associated with the number of attendees at a sexual health service? An observational study between 2002-2012

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 635-640

  Gamagedara, Nimal ^a,b,c   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Law, Mathew ^d   Fehler, Glenda ^a   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,e   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,e   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,e  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; AUSTRALIA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84911398619     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051391     Document Type: Article

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