Cranberry juice and urinary tract infection

Harefuah

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 891-894

  Raz, R ^a,b   Chazan, B ^a   Dan, M ^c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cranberries; Cystitis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANBERRY; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BEVERAGES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 13844316808     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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