Bacterial vaginosis, ethnicity, and the use of genital cleaning agents: A case control study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 404-409

  Rajamanoharan, Sasikala ^a,c   Low, Nicola ^b   Jones, Simon B ^a   Pozniak, Anton L ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IRRIGATION; SOAPS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VULVA;

EID: 0032800792     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199908000-00008     Document Type: Article

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