Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among women in Delhi, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-172

  Bhalla, P ^a   Chawla, Rohit ^a,b   Garg, S ^a   Singh, M M ^a   Raina, U ^c   Bhalla, Ruchira ^a   Sodhani, Pushpa ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology ^*  (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Community based study; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34147189202     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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