Risk factors for secondary infertility among women in Karachi, Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sami, Neelofar ^a   Ali, Tazeen Saeed ^a   Wasim, Saba ^a   Saleem, Sarah ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUATION; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HYGIENE; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860435905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035828     Document Type: Article

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