Open AccessEstimating Chlamydia Screening Rates by Using Reported Sexually Transmitted Disease Tests for Sexually Active Women Aged 16 to 25 Years in the United States
Author(s) -
Guoyu Tao,
Lin Tian,
Thomas A. Peterman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000230437.79119.31
Subject(s) - medicine , sexually active , chlamydia trachomatis , sexually transmitted disease , chlamydia , gynecology , pelvic examination , population , national survey of family growth , obstetrics , pelvic inflammatory disease , demography , family planning , family medicine , syphilis , research methodology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , immunology , sociology
The objective of this study was to estimate Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening rates by using reported sexually transmitted disease (STD) tests for sexually active women aged 16 to 25 years in the U.S. general population.