Bacteriuria and Mortality in an Elderly Population

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 18, 1986, Pages 1152-1156

  Nordenstam, Gunnar R ^a,b   Brandberg, C Åke ^a,b   Odén, Anders S ^a,b   Svanborg Edén, Catharina M ^a,b   Svanborg, Alvar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIURIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0022605460     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198605013141804     Document Type: Article

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