Vaginal practices of HIV-negative Zimbabwean women

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Turner, Abigail Norris ^a   Morrison, Charles S ^b   Munjoma, Marshall W ^c   Moyo, Precious ^c   Chipato, Tsungai ^c,d   Van De Wijgert, Janneke H ^e  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UZ UCSF Collaborative Program in Women's Health   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ZIMBABWE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DOUCHING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77957835709     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/387671     Document Type: Article

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