Labial and vaginal microbiology: Effects of extended panty liner use

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-258

  Farage, M A ^a   Enane, N A ^a   Baldwin, S ^a   Berg, R W ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital; Infection; Microflora; Sanitary pads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 0031459507     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1997)5:3<252::AID-IDOG11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Conference Paper

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