Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Chilean sex workers;Prevalencia de vaginosis bacteriana en trabajadoras sexuales chilenas1

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Venegas, Gloria ^a   Boggiano, Gioconda ^b   Castro, Erica ^b  

^a Hospital Las Higueras   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Chile; Prostitution; Sexually transmitted diseases; Vaginosis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PH; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHILE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARRIAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIA; CHILE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052436360     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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