Prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease in a rural community of Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 188-194

  Bhurt, Abdul Wahid ^a   Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Bhurt, Abdul Majeed ^b   Channa, Ghulam Zehra ^c   Soomro, Rafique Ahmed ^c   Bhurt, Nusrat ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Education Department   (Pakistan)

^c LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d Miraan Higher Secondary School   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033169752     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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