Menstrual Hygiene Practices, WASH Access and the Risk of Urogenital Infection in Women from Odisha, India

Padma Das; Kelly K. Baker; Ambarish Dutta; Tapoja Swain; Sunita Sahoo; Bhabani Sankar Das; Bijay Panda; Arati Nayak; Mary Bara; Bibiana Bilung; Pravas Ranjan Mishra; Pinaki Panigrahi; Sandy Cairncross; Belen Torondel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130777

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Menstrual Hygiene Practices, WASH Access and the Risk of Urogenital Infection in Women from Odisha, India

Padma Das,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Kelly K. Baker,

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Ambarish Dutta,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Tapoja Swain,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Sunita Sahoo,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Bhabani Sankar Das,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Bijay Panda,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Arati Nayak,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Mary Bara,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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Bibiana Bilung,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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Pravas Ranjan Mishra,

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Asian Institute of Public health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Pinaki Panigrahi,

Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Center for Global Health and Development, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Sandy Cairncross,

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Belen Torondel

* E-mail: Belen.Torondel@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Menstrual Hygiene Practices, WASH Access and the Risk of Urogenital Infection in Women from Odisha, India

Padma Das,
Kelly K. Baker,
Ambarish Dutta,
Tapoja Swain,
Sunita Sahoo,
Bhabani Sankar Das,
Bijay Panda,
Arati Nayak,
Mary Bara,
Bibiana Bilung

Published: June 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130777

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