High prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in adolescent girls in a tropical area of Ecuador

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-228

  Vaca, M ^a   Guadalupe, I ^a   Erazo, S ^a   Tinizaray, K ^b   Chico, M E ^a   Cooper, P J ^a,c   Hay, P ^c  

^a Hospital Pedro Vicente Maldonado   (Ecuador)

^b La Concordia   (Ecuador)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Sexual activity; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SMOKING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 72449183132     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02397.x     Document Type: Article

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