Condom use and its association with bacterial vaginosis and bacterial vaginosis-associated vaginal microflora

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 702-708

  Hutchinson, Katherine B ^a   Kip, Kevin E ^a   Ness, Roberta B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; UNITED STATES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 37349028314     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181567eaa     Document Type: Article

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