Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 7 , Pages 560-571 , July 2008

Screening Young Adults for Prevalent Chlamydial Infection in Community Settings

  • Cheryl R. Stein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Cheryl R. Stein, PhD, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029-6574. Tel.: 212-824-7083; fax: 212-996-0407.
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  • Jay S. Kaufman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • ,
  • Carol A. Ford, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Peter A. Leone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Paul J. Feldblum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Division, Family Health International
    • ,
  • William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Received 25 September 2007 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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PII: S1047-2797(08)00057-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.03.002

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 7 , Pages 560-571 , July 2008

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