Cranberry juice and urinary tract infections: Is there a beneficial relationship?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 11 II, 1996, Pages

  Kuzminski, L N ^a  

^a Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030423875     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03824.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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