Vaginal discharge: Perceptions and health seeking behavior among Nepalese women

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 620-624

  Rizvi, Narjis ^a   Luby, Stephen ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 13244266954     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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