Bypassing the middleman: A grounded theory of women's self-care for vaginal symptoms

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-431

  Theroux, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; VAGINA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036653839     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993302760190029     Document Type: Article

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