Prevalence and risk factors for vaginal candidiasis among women seeking primary care for genital infections in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-143

  Namkinga, L A ^a   Matee, M I N ^a,b   Kivaisi, A K ^a   Moshiro, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ADULT; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 26944458173     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i3.9270     Document Type: Article

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