Sexual risk factors and bacterial vaginosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1426-1435

  Fethers, Katherine A ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^b   Gurrin, Lyle C ^b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,c,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 55849088395     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592974     Document Type: Review

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