The prevalence of sexually transmitted and other lower reproductive tract infections among rural women in Sichuan Province, China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1038-1047

  Yongjun, Tang ^a   Samuelson, Julia ^b   Qingsheng, Dong ^b   Ali, Mohamed Mahmoud ^b   Li, Xie ^a   Yanjian, Meng ^a   Xiaoqing, Cheng ^a   Jun, Lan ^a   Jian, Cheng ^a   Bi, Luo ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b STI ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINITIS; VIROLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349832937     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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