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'You don't really feel you can function normally': Women's perceptions and personal management of vaginal thrush

A. Chapple The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK
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K. Hassell The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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M. Nicolson School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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J. Cantrill The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Pages 309-319 | Published online: 04 Aug 2010

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