A prospective study of risk factors for symptomatic urinary tract infection in young women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 468-474

  Hooton, Thomas M ^a,c   Scholes, Delia ^b   Hughes, James P ^a   Winter, Carol ^a   Roberts, Pacita L ^a   Stapleton, Ann E ^a   Stergachis, Andy ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNIVERSITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029739053     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608153350703     Document Type: Article

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