Prevalence of selected reproductive tract infections among pregnant women attending an urban childcare unit in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Begum, Afroza ^a   Nilufar, Sofia ^b   Akther, Khaleda ^c   Rahman, Abdur ^a   Khatoon, Fatema ^d   Rahman, Motiur ^d  

^a National Institute for Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^b Maternal/Child Health Training Inst   (Bangladesh)

^c Mitford Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cross sectional studies; Pregnancy; Syphilis; Trichomonas vaginalis; Vaginosis, Bacterial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0042829133     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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