Association between bacterial vaginosis or chlamydial infection and miscarriage before 16 weeks' gestation: Prospective community based cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7376, 2002, Pages 1334-1336

  Oakeshott, Pippa ^a   Hay, Phillip ^a   Hay, Sima ^a   Steinke, Frances ^a   Rink, Elizabeth ^a   Kerry, Sally ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINITIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037039045     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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