American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 38.e1-38.e8, January 2009

Does douching increase risk for sexually transmitted infections? A prospective study in high-risk adolescents

  • Cynthia S. Tsai, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Bryan E. Shepherd, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Received 17 January 2008; received in revised form 30 March 2008; accepted 5 June 2008. published online 31 July 2008.

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 Cite this article as: Tsai CS, Shepherd BE, and Vermund SH. Does douching increase risk for sexually transmitted infections? A prospective study in high-risk adolescents. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:38.e1-38.e8.

 Ms Tsai is now a medical student at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

 The REACH study was funded by grant U01-HD32842 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with cofunding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Support for the analytic work was received from the Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for AIDS Research through grant P30AI054999 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(08)00636-4

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.026

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American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 38.e1-38.e8, January 2009

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