Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, July 2009

Hormonal contraception and risk of bacterial vaginosis diagnosis in an observational study of women attending STD clinics in Baltimore, MD

  • Samara B. Rifkin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Marsha R. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Rebecca M. Brotman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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  • Renee M. Gindi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Emily J. Erbelding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Mason F Lord Center Tower, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Tel.: +1 410 550 6254; fax: +1 410 550 2328.

Received 20 October 2008; received in revised form 15 January 2009; accepted 15 January 2009. published online 05 March 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00025-0

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.01.008

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, July 2009