Epidemiologic features of vulvovaginal candidiasis among reproductive-age women in india

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rathod, Sujit D ^a,b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^c   Krupp, Karl ^d,e   Reingold, Arthur L ^b   Madhivanan, Purnima ^d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Public Health Research Institute of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869017005     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/859071     Document Type: Article

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