Vaginal douching and associated factors among married women attending a family planning clinic or a gynecology clinic

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-251

  Caliskan, Deniz ^a   Subasi, Nuket ^b   Sarisen, Ozlem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Turkish women; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ODOR; PARITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

EID: 33747074086     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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