Bacteriuria in a population sample of women: 24-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-289

  Bengtsson, Calle ^a,d   Bengtsson, Ulla ^b   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Lincoln, Knut ^b   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Mortality; Population study; Prognosis; Symptoms; Treatment; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031813208     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655998750015467     Document Type: Article

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