Overestimation of complication rates in evaluations of Chlamydia trachomatis screening programmes--implications for cost-effectiveness analyses.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on April 01, 2004

Authors

Irene G M van Valkengoed1, Servaas A Morré, Adriaan J C van den Brule, Chris J L M Meijer, Lex M Bouter, A Joan P Boeke

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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