Barriers to prenatal care and poor pregnancy outcomes among women with syphilis in the Russian Federation

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 392-395

  Southwick, K L ^a   Tikhonova, L I ^b   Salakhov, E G ^b   Shakarishvili, A ^c   Ryan, C ^d   Hillis, S ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)   (Ukraine)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Prenatal care; Russian Federation; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34748826282     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781024748     Document Type: Article

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