Incomplete reporting of race and ethnicity in gonorrhoea cases and potential bias in disease reporting by private and public sector providers [1]

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 778-

  Ross, Michael W ^a   Courtney, Patrick ^a   Dennison, Janel ^a   Risser, Jan M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 9144272600     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462042395168     Document Type: Letter

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