The significance and scope of reproductive tract infections among Third World women

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL., 1989, Pages 145-168

  Wasserheit, Judith N ^a,b  

^a Eastern Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraceptive safety; Reproduction; Reproductive tract infections; Sexually transmitted diseases; Third World

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CERVICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0024396807     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90115-X     Document Type: Article

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