Vaginal flora of first time urban family planning attendants in Accra, Ghana

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-222

  Lassey, A T ^a   Newman, M J ^a   Opintan, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Family planning attendants; Ghana; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 28344447717     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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