Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in northern Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-224

  Panaretto, Kathryn S ^a,b   Lee, Heather M ^a   Mitchell, Melvina R ^a   Larkins, Sarah L ^a,b   Manessis, Vivienne ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^b   Watson, David ^c,d  

^a Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Mater Mother's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Perinatal outcome; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33745947062     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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