From menarche to menopause: A population-based assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors for reproductive tract infection symptoms over life stages in rural girls and women in India.

Women face greater challenges than men in accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources to address their daily needs, and may respond to these challenges by adopting unsafe practices that increase the risk of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). WASH practices may change as women transi...

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Main Authors: Kelly K Baker, Bijaya Padhi, Belen Torondel, Padmalaya Das, Ambarish Dutta, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Bhabani Das, Robert Dreibelbis, Bethany Caruso, Matthew C Freeman, Lauren Sager, Pinaki Panigrahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5716553?pdf=render