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ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1999

Sexuality and health: the hidden costs of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis.

B Duncan, G Hart

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In one paragraph

Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The chlamydia screening studies: rationale and design.Sexually transmitted infections · 2004
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  4. What influences university students to seek sexually transmitted infection testing?: A qualitative study in New Zealand.Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives · 2018
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  10. Psychosocial impact of Chlamydia trachomatis testing in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006
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  11. Opportunistic and systematic screening for chlamydia: a study of consultations by young adults in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006
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  15. Recent advances: Sexually transmitted infections.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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  16. Sexually transmitted infections in primary care: a need for education.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2001
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

B DuncanMRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RZ.
G Hart

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chlamydia trachomatisChlamydia InfectionsCosts and Cost AnalysisFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleMass ScreeningReproductive MedicineResearchSexSex EducationSexualitySocial Responsibility

Identifiers

PMID10102865
PMCPMC1115345

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Registered trials

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