Association between Vaginal Douching and Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection among Women in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1370-1375

  Bui, Thanh Cong ^a   Thai, Thuy Nhu ^d   Tran, Ly Thi Hai ^c   Shete, Sanjay S ^b   Ramondetta, Lois M ^a   Basen Engquist, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Quantitative Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; human papillomavirus; United States; vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CERVICOVAGINAL SWAB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADVERSE EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DOUCHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994691772     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw388     Document Type: Article

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