Association of Trichomonas vaginalis with sociodemographic factors and other STDs among female inmates in Lisbon

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 615-618

  Garcia, Ana ^a   Exposto, F ^b   Prieto, E ^b   Lopes, M ^a   Duarte, A ^a   Correia Da Silva, R ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inmates; Sociodemographic factors; STDs; T. vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERINFECTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 4644273895     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041724235     Document Type: Article

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