Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women attending health centres in Babol: Prevalence and risk factors

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1124-1131

  Bakhtiari, A ^a   Firoozjahi, A ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 37849012933     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1124     Document Type: Article

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