Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis: 2001-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-120

  Allsworth, Jenifer E ^a   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33845945332     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000247627.84791.91     Document Type: Article

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