The association of smoking with vaginal flora, urinary tract infection, pelvic floor prolapse, and post-void residual volumes

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-11

  Alnaif, Bunan ^a   Drutz, Harold P ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Hormone replacement therapy; Pelvic floor prolapse; Post void residual; Smoking; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RESIDUAL URINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0035110025     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2001.51002.x     Document Type: Article

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