Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis: Results from a cross-sectional study having a sample of 53,652 women

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1525-1532

  Li, X D ^a   Wang, C C ^a   Zhang, X J ^a   Gao, G P ^a   Tong, F ^a   Li, X ^a   Hou, S ^a   Sun, L ^a   Sun, Y H ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGIST; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MENSTRUATION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906059937     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2103-1     Document Type: Article

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