Vaginal douching in Zambia: a risk or benefit to women in the fight against cervical cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Cervical cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer related deaths in 2013 among women in Zambia. We determined factors associated with vaginal douching with any solution other than water and examined its role as a risk factor for abnormal cervi...
Main Authors: | Twaambo Euphemia Hamoonga, Pawel Olowski, Patrick Musonda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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Series: | BMC Women's Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-019-0834-y |
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