Vaginal douching as a risk factor for cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 993-997

  Scholes, Delia ^a,b   Stergachis, Andy ^b   Ichikawa, Laura E ^a   Heidrich, Fred E ^c   Holmes, King K ^d   Stamm, Walter E ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 0031833716     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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