Criteria for selective screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women attending family planning clinics.

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Published in JAMA on April 04, 1986

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H H Handsfield, L L Jasman, P L Roberts, V W Hanson, R L Kothenbeutel, W E Stamm

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