Identifying appropriate IUD candidates in areas with high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections

Contraception

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-192

  Morrison, Charles S ^a   Murphy, Lisa ^a   Kwok, Cynthia ^a   Weiner, Debra H ^a  

^a Family Health International   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Chlamydia; Contraception; Gonorrhea; Intrauterine devices; Screening; Sexually transmitted infections; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; JAMAICA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; JAMAICA; KENYA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33846781236     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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