Bacterial vaginosis in women of low socioeconomic status living in slum areas in Chennai, India

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-298

  Uma, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri G ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^a   Anand, Santhanam ^a   Cecelia, Jebaraj Anitha ^a   Celentano, David ^b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c   Thyagarajan, Sadras P ^d   Solomon, Suniti ^a  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33751185770     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06036     Document Type: Article

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