The SPORTSMART study: A pilot randomised controlled trial of sexually transmitted infection screening interventions targeting men in football club settings

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-110

  Fuller, Sebastian S ^a   Mercer, Catherine H ^b   Copas, Andrew J ^b   Saunders, John ^c   Sutcliffe, Lorna J ^c   Cassell, Jackie A ^d   Hart, Graham ^b   Johnson, Anne M ^b   Roberts, Tracy E ^e   Jackson, Louise J ^e   Muniina, Pamela ^b   Estcourt, Claudia S ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENGLAND; FOOTBALL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923995783     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051719     Document Type: Article

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