Perceptions and patterns of reproductive tract infections in a young rural population in North-West Namibia

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 744-750

  Harms, G ^a,b,c,g   Iyambo, S N ^a   Corea, A ^d,e   Radebe, F ^f   Fehler, H G ^f   Ballard, R C ^f  

^a National AIDS Control Programme   (Namibia)

^b Deutsche Gesell F Tech Z   (Namibia)

^c Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^d Engela State Hospital   (Namibia)

^e Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst ^*  (Namibia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g NACP/MoHSS   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Namibia; RTI; STD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMIBIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; NAMIBIA; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NAMIBIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0031699867     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981921503     Document Type: Article

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