Dietary factors protecting women from urinary tract infection

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 600-604

  Kontiokari, Tero ^a   Laitinen, Jaana ^b   Järvi, Leea ^a   Pokka, Tytti ^a   Sundqvist, Kaj ^c   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

Author keywords

Berry; Cystitis; Diet; Fruit; Juice; Lactobacilli; Milk; Probiotics; Risk; Urinary tract infection; Women

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FERTILITY; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037369601     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.3.600     Document Type: Article

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