Douching practices among HIV infected and uninfected adolescents in the United States

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 80-86

  Vermund, Sten H ^a   Sarr, Moussa ^b   Murphy, Debra A ^c   Levin, Linda ^d   Abdalian, Sue Ellen ^e   Ma, Yong ^b   Crowley Nowick, Peggy A ^f   Wilson, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV infection; Multicenter research; Sexually transmitted infections; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0034858861     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(01)00284-1     Document Type: Article

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