Vaginal symptoms and bacterial vaginosis (BV): How useful is self-report? Development of a screening tool for predicting BV status

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1369-1375

  Nelson, D B ^a   Bellamy, S ^b   Odibo, A ^c   Nachamkin, I ^b   Ness, R B ^d   Allen Taylor, L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ODORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 38449104528     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700787X     Document Type: Article

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