Factors associated with recurrent bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Klatt, Timothy E ^a   Cole, Devon C ^a   Eastwood, Daniel C ^a   Barnabei, Vanessa M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginitis; Bacterial vaginosis; Recurrent bacterial vaginosis; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URBAN AREA; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952750350     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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