Bacteriuria in representative population samples of persons aged 72-79 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 1176-1186

  Nordenstam, G ^a   Sundh, V ^a   Lincoln, K ^a   Svanborg, A ^a   Edén, C Svanborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Escherlchla coli

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BACTERIURIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RECURRENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0024801433     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115446     Document Type: Article

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