Vaginal self-swab specimen collection in a home-based survey of older women: methods and applications.

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Published in J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci on February 09, 2009

Authors

Stacy T Lindau1, Joscelyn N Hoffmann, Katie Lundeen, Angela Jaszczak, Martha K McClintock, Jeanne A Jordan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC2050, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. slindau@uchicago.edu

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