Vaginal Self-Swab Specimen Collection in a Home-Based Survey of Older Women: Methods and Applications
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Vaginal self-swab specimen collection in a home-based survey of older women: methods and applications.
OBJECTIVES To describe the methods used for, cooperation with, assays conducted on, and applications of vaginal specimens collected by older women in their homes. METHODS Community-residing women (N = 1,550), ages 57-85 years, participated in a nationally representative probability survey. Vaginal self-swab specimen collection and in-home interviews were conducted between 2005 and 2006. Speci...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn021