Vaginal douching among university women in the southeastern United States

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-421

  Cottrell, Barbara Hansen ^a   Close, Fran T ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Health education; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 41149175984     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.56.44.415-422     Document Type: Article

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