title: Vaginal douching: evidence for risks or benefits to women's health.
authors.affiliation: Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Jenny L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: Sten H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Vermund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000209:etiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology; D016387:Women's Health