Prevalence and correlates of trichomonas vaginalis infection among female US federal prison inmates

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 585-590

  Sutcliffe, Siobhan ^a   Newman, Sara B ^b   Hardick, Andrew ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^c  

^a MO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SPOTTING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA CULTURE;

ADULT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; UNITED STATES; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 77955859600     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181de4113     Document Type: Article

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