Vulvar pain in women attending a general medical clinic in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-134

  Adanu, Richard M K ^a   Haefner, Hope K ^b   Reed, Barbara D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ghana; Pain; Vulvar diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GHANA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 13444309384     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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