Accuracy of self-report of sexual activity among adolescent girls: Implications for interpretation of vaginal flora patterns

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Muzny, Christina A ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LETTER; MENARCHE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; Y CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; VAGINA;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGINA;

EID: 84936931741     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00819-15     Document Type: Letter

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