Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum vaginal infection in the khyber agency federally administered tribal areas, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 363-367

  Ghani, Nasreen ^a   Rukanuddin, Rafat Jan ^b   Ali, Tazeen S ^b  

^a Faculty   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RURAL HYGIENE; VAGINITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUERPERAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 35748951327     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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