Risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases among women attending family planning clinics in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Gertig, Dorota M ^a   Kapiga, Saidi H ^b   Shao, John F ^c   Hunter, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031038687     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.1.39     Document Type: Article

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