High frequency of sexually transmitted diseases among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Need for intervention

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 675-678

  Mwakagile, D ^a   Swai, A B M ^a   Sandstrom E ^b   Urassa, E ^a   Biberfeld, G ^c   Mhalu, F S ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030253513     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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