Vaginal self-swab specimen collection in a home-based survey of older women: Methods and applications

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Lindau, Stacy T ^a   Hoffmann, Joscelyn N ^b   Lundeen, Katie ^c   Jaszczak, Angela ^c   McClintock, Martha K ^b   Jordan, Jeanne A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods; Older women; Population; Protocol; Self collection; Vaginal cytology; Vaginal swab

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 70350710139     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn021     Document Type: Article

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