Vaginal douching in cambodian women: Its prevalence and association with vaginal candidiasis

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Heng, Lon Say ^a,b   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^b   Morita, Satoshi ^b,c   Sakamoto, Junichi ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Reproductive health; Vaginal candidiasis; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL DOUCHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649222378     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20081046     Document Type: Article

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