The social context of reproductive health in an Egyptian hamlet: A pilot study to identify female genital schistosomiasis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-524

  Talaat, Maha ^a   Watts, Susan ^b   Mekheimar, Shahinaz ^a   Ali, Heba Farook ^a   Hamed, Howaida ^a  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS); Reproductive health; Schistosoma haematobium; Social context

Indexed keywords

MORBIDITY; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PILOT STUDY; POLYP; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 0345357965     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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