Family planning services in developing countries: An opportunity to treat asymptomatic and unrecognised genital tract infections?

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 558-560

  Wilkinson, David ^a,b,c   Ndovela, Nomfanelo ^a,b   Harrison, Abigail ^a   Lurie, Mark ^a,b,c   Connolly, Catherine ^a,b   Wim Sturm, A ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Family planning services; Genital tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79959969890     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.6.558     Document Type: Article

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