Sexually transmitted infections in the older woman

Menopause International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-135

  Drew, Olivia ^a   Sherrard, Jackie ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; gonorrhoea; human immunodeficiency virus; menopause; sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SILDENAFIL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERPES; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS; VULVA DISEASE; VULVITIS; WART VIRUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSAFE SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 56149123942     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2008.008020     Document Type: Article

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