Reassessment of BV causation

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 646-

  Hay, Phillip E ^a   Taylor Robinson, David ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LESBIAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 50849135914     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008232     Document Type: Letter

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