Urbanization and baseline prevalence of genital infections including Candida, Trichomonas, and human papillomavirus and of a disturbed vaginal ecology as established in the Dutch Cervical Screening Program

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 365-369

  Boon, Mathilde E ^a   Van Ravenswaay Claasen, Hedda H ^b   Kok, Lambrecht P ^c  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Candida; Cervical screening; Human papillomavirus; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBANIZATION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0036679516     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.123605     Document Type: Article

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