Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis in women at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 654-658

  Schwebke, Jane R ^a,b   Desmond, Renee ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 27944443617     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175396.10304.62     Document Type: Article

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