The risk factor profile of women with secondary infertility: An unmatched case-control study in Kigali, Rwanda

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dhont, Nathalie ^a,b   Luchters, Stanley ^a   Muvunyi, Claude ^a,c   Vyankandondera, Joseph ^d   De Naeyer, Ludwig ^e   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   van de Wijgert, Janneke ^f,g  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Projet Ubuzima   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^d Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Rwanda)

^e Management Sciences for Health   (Rwanda)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINITIS; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79959436460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-32     Document Type: Article

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