Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in female clinic attendees in Honiara, Solomon Islands

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Marks, M ^a,b   Kako, H ^c   Butcher, R ^a   Lauri, B ^d   Puiahi, E ^d   Pitakaka, R ^d   Sokana, O ^c   Kilua, G ^e   Roth, A ^f   Solomon, A W ^a,b   Mabey, D C ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^d National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MELANESIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84984876821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-007276     Document Type: Article

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