Menstrual hygiene practices, WASH access and the risk of urogenital infection in women from Odisha, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Das, Padma ^a   Baker, Kelly K ^b   Dutta, Ambarish ^a   Swain, Tapoja ^a   Sahoo, Sunita ^a   Das, Bhabani Sankar ^a   Panda, Bijay ^c   Nayak, Arati ^c   Bara, Mary ^d   Bilung, Bibiana ^d   Mishra, Pravas Ranjan ^a   Panigrahi, Pinaki ^e   Cairncross, Sandy ^f   Torondel, Belen ^f  

^a Asian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Capital Hospital   (India)

^d ISPAT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT PAD; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY SIZE; HYGIENE; MENSTRUATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SANITATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938709271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130777     Document Type: Article

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