The risk of low birth weight associated with vaginal douching

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 913-917

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Franks, Peter ^a   Kendrick, Juliette S ^a   Bruce, F Carol ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VAGINA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRIGATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032400936     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00325-1     Document Type: Article

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