Common genital complaints in women: The contribution of psychosocial and infectious factors in a population-based cohort study in Goa, India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1478-1485

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Pednekar, Sulochana ^b   Nevrekar, Prasad ^c   Gupte, Sheela ^b   Mabey, David ^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

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPOUSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPOUSES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846572382     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl219     Document Type: Article

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