Syndromic management of vaginal discharge and pelvic inflammatory disease among women in a rural community of Haryana, India: Agreement of symptoms enquiry with clinical diagnosis

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community; Reproductive tract infection; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syndromic approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SYNDROME; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SYNDROME; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 27944462607     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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