Would you self-collect swabs in a unisex toilet?
Phillip J. Read A B C , Lynne Martin A and Anna McNulty A B
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A Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, GPO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia.
B School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: phillip.read@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Sexual Health 9(4) 395-396 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH12016
Submitted: 6 February 2012 Accepted: 21 February 2012 Published: 11 May 2012
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