Epidemiology of pelvic organ prolapse in rural Gambia, West Africa

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-436

  Scherf, Caroline ^a,d   Morison, Linda ^b   Fiander, Alison ^a   Ekpo, Gloria ^c   Walraven, Gijs ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; TISSUE INJURY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0036549352     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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