Vaginal cleansing practices in HIV infected Zambian women

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 872-878

  Alcaide, Maria L ^a   Mumbi, Miriam ^b   Chitalu, Ndashi ^b   Jones, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacterial vaginosis; HIV; Vaginal practices; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84880806051     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0083-z     Document Type: Article

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