Genital infection by Trichomonas Vaginalis in women referring to Babol health centers: Prevalence and risk factors

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-21

  Bakhtiari, Afsaneh ^a   Hajian Tilaki, K ^a   Pasha, H ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

High Risk behaviors; Risk factors; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

EID: 69749085210     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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