A longitudinal cohort study of elderly women with urinary tract infections

Maturitas

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-131

  Molander, Ulla ^a   Arvidsson, Leif ^a   Milsom, Ian ^a   Sandberg, Torsten ^b  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Estrogens; Mortality; Prevalence; Urinary incontinence; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033979494     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(99)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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