Nutrition, an under-recognized factor in bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1997-1998

  Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^a   Grandjean, Hélène ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NOTE; NUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548388906     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.9.1997     Document Type: Note

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