Maternal and congenital syphilis in four provinces in Bolivia;Sífilis materna y congénita en cuatro provincias de Bolivia

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 422-428

  Revollo, Rita ^a   Tinajeros, Freddy ^a   Hilari, Carolina ^b   García, Sandra G ^a   Zegarra, Lourdes ^d   Díaz Olavarrieta, Claudia ^c,e,f   Conde González, Carlos J ^e  

^a Proyecto Sífilis Materna Population Council   (Bolivia)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Population Council   (Mexico)

^d Ministerio de Salud y Deportes   (Bolivia)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Rapid diagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41649085063     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342007000600009     Document Type: Article

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