Reproductive-tract infections in women in low-income, low-prevalence situations: Assessment of syndromic management in Matlab, Bangladesh

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9192, 1999, Pages 1776-1781

  Hawkes, Sarah ^a   Morison, Linda ^b   Foster, Susan ^b   Gausia, Kaniz ^a   Chakraborty, Jyotsnamoy ^a   Peeling, Rosanna W ^c   Mabey, David ^b  

^a And Ctr for Hlth and Pop Research   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033589685     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02463-0     Document Type: Article

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