The supermarket for women's reproductive health: The burden of genital infections in a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-204

  Temmerman, M ^a,b   Kidula, N ^b   Tyndall, M ^c   Rukaria Kaumbutho, R ^b   Muchiri, L ^b,d   Ndinya Achola, J O ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Family planning; Reproductive tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDYLOMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0031816781     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.3.202     Document Type: Article

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