Major improvements in cost effectiveness of screening women for Chlamydia trachomatis using pooled urine specimens and high performance testing

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S A Morré et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2002 Feb.

. 2002 Feb;78(1):74-5.

doi: 10.1136/sti.78.1.74.

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