Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , January 2004

Acceptability of a self-sampling technique to collect vaginal smears for gram stain diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

  • Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Elizabeth R. Boskey, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Box 43, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.
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  • Shelly A. Atherly-Trim, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Patricia J. O'Campo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Donna M. Strobino, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • P. Misra, PhD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Received 30 July 2003 ,Accepted 12 December 2003.

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PII: S1049-3867(03)00114-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2003.12.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 14-18 , January 2004

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