Vaginal douching among adolescent and young women: More challenges than progress

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Simpson, Tina ^a   Merchant, Jeanne ^a   Grimley, Diane M ^b   Kim Oh, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; DEVICE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MOTIVATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 3342991902     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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