Determinants of reproductive tract infections among asymptomatic women in Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 57-64

  Mbizvo, E M ^a,c   Msuya, S E ^a   Stray Pedersen, B ^a   Sundby, J ^c   Chirenje, Z M ^b   Hussain, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035296259     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v47i3.8595     Document Type: Article

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