Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among pregnant women in Ilorin, Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 637-639

  Aboyeji, A P ^a   Nwabuisi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0345257769     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610310001604411     Document Type: Article

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