Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women's lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study

• Главные авторы: Christophe Millien (Автор), Anatole Manzi (Автор), Arlene M. Katz (Автор), Hannah Gilbert (Автор), Mary C. Smith Fawzi (Автор), Paul E. Farmer (Автор), Joia Mukherjee (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Uterine fibroids, the most common cause of gynecologic surgery, have a reported cumulative incidence of 59% among Black women in the U.S. Uterine fibroids negatively impact the quality of women's lives. No study has been found in the literature about fibroids in Haiti. We co...