Vaginal douching: Association with lower genital tract infections in African pregnant women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 191-196

  La Ruche, Guy ^a,f   Messou, Nogbou ^b   Ali Napo, Lea ^c   Noba, Valentin ^d   Faye Ketté, Hortense ^c   Combe, Patrice ^e   Bonard, Dominique ^e   Sylla Koko, Fatoumata ^e,g   Dhéha, Djokouéhi ^a   Welffens Ekra, Christiane ^b   Dosso, Mireille ^c   Msellati, Philippe ^d  

^a National AIDS Control Program   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE YOPOUGON   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Ctr Natl de Transfusion Sanguine ^*  (France)

^g Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032965644     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199904000-00001     Document Type: Article

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