Prevalence and Determinants of Vaginal Flora Alterations in Postmenopausal Women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1054-1058

  Pabich, Wendy L ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b   Stamm, Walter E ^a   Scholes, Delia ^d   Boyko, Edward J ^a,c   Gupta, Kalpana ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Vet Aff Puget Sound Hlth Care S   (United States)

^c VA Epidemiologic Research and Information Center   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e Grp Hlth Coop of Puget Sound ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA FLORA;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

EID: 0142010625     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378203     Document Type: Article

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