Bacterial vaginosis among African American women who have sex with women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 751-755

  Muzny, Christina A ^a,b   Sunesara, Imran R ^c   Austin, Erika L ^a   Mena, Leandro A ^b   Schwebke, Jane R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BISEXUALITY; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883269136     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000004     Document Type: Article

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