Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses
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Bug breakfast in the bulletin: sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
Nationally there are higher rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and bloodborne viruses diagnosed in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than in other Australians. These infections are a major source of morbidity: untreated chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis can cause infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, premature delivery and neonatal and post-partum infections, whil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1326-0200
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12427