Frequency and determinants of vaginal infection in postpartum period: A cross-sectional survey from low socioeconomic settlements, Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 99-103

  Ali, Tazeen Saeed ^a,b,c   Fikree, Fariyal F ^a,b,c   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^d   Mahmud, Sadia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Egypt)

^c Data Coordinating Center   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; LABOR STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAKISTAN; PERINEAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646364558     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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