Prevalence and risk factors of chlamydia and gonorrhea among rural Nepali women

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-258

  Christian, Parul ^a   Khatry, S K ^b   LeClerq, S C ^a   Roess, A A ^a   Wu, L ^a   Yuenger, J D ^c   Zenilman, J M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Society for Prevention of Blindness   (Nepal)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BODY MASS; BURNING SENSATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEPAL; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 20644436477     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011817     Document Type: Article

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