The burden and determinants of reproductive tract infections in India: A population based study of women in Goa, India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b   Weiss, H A ^a   Mabey, D ^a   West, B ^b   D'Souza, S ^b   Patil, V ^b   Nevrekar, P ^c   Gupte, S ^b   Kirkwood, B R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sangath Centre   (India)

^c GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33745167326     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.016451     Document Type: Article

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