Reproductive tract infections: prevalence and risk factors in rural Bangladesh

Reproductive tract infections: prevalence and risk factors in rural Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for reproductive tract infections among men and women in a rural community in Bangladesh. METHODS: In the Matlab area a systematic sample of married non-pregnant women aged 15-50 years was drawn from a comprehensive household registration sy...

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Main Authors: Hawkes Sarah, Morison Linda, Chakraborty Jyotsnamoy, Gausia Kaniz, Ahmed Farid, Islam Shamim Sufia, Alam Nazmul, Brown David, Mabey David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Genital diseases
Female/epidemiology
Mal/epidemiology
Sexually transmitted diseases/epidemiology
HIV infections/epidemiology
Risk factors
Sex behavior
Marital status
Cross-sectional studies
Bangladesh
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000300003

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