Effectiveness of yearly, register based screening for chlamydia in the Netherlands: controlled trial with randomised stepped wedge implementation.

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Published in BMJ on July 05, 2012

Authors

Ingrid V F van den Broek1, Jan E A M van Bergen, Elfi E H G Brouwers, Johannes S A Fennema, Hannelore M Götz, Christian J P A Hoebe, Rik H Koekenbier, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Eelco A B Over, Boris V Schmid, Lydia L Pars, Sander M van Ravesteijn, Marianne A B van der Sande, G Ardine de Wit, Nicola Low, Eline L M Op de Coul

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Epidemiology and Surveillance, RIVM/Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands.

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