Abstract:
:The National Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2005-2008 emphasised the importance of control of chlamydia and recognised contact tracing as an important health tool for this. This paper reports on a recent audit of contact tracing conducted at the Gold Coast Sexual Health Clinic.
journal_name
Sex Healthjournal_title
Sexual healthauthors
Edmiston N,Chuah J,McLaws MLdoi
10.1071/sh06007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-05-01 00:00:00pages
127-8issue
2eissn
1448-5028issn
1449-8987journal_volume
3pub_type
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