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. 1981 Apr;57(2):83–88. doi: 10.1136/sti.57.2.83

Current routine statistics in the United Kingdom room for improvement?

M W Adler
PMCID: PMC1045880  PMID: 6894259

Abstract

A substantial number of problems are associated with the present notification system on sexually transmitted diseases. Since a comprehensive and uniform system is vitally important to all clinicians in indicating changes in disease incidence and patterns, some modifications are proposed to make the system of more direct clinical relevance.

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