Prevalence of reproductive tract infections amongst ever married women and sociocultural factors associated with it

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rathore, Monika ^a,b   Vyas, Leela ^a,c   Bhardwaj, A K ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b RNT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Department of Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

Prevalence; Reproductive tract infection; Sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MENSTRUATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 34347256400     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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