The association of HIV status with bacterial vaginosis and vitamin D in the United States

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1497-1503

  French, Audrey L ^a,b   Adeyemi, Oluwatoyin M ^a,b   Agniel, Denis M ^a   Evans, Charlesnika T ^c   Yin, Michael T ^d   Anastos, Kathryn ^e   Cohen, Mardge H ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80053933523     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2685     Document Type: Article

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