Candida vaginitis: Self-reported incidence and associated costs

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 230-235

  Foxman, Betsy ^a,d   Barlow, Robin ^a   D'Arcy, Hannah ^b   Gillespie, Brenda ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0034128410     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200004000-00009     Document Type: Article

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