Sexual intercourse and risk of symptomatic urinary tract infection in post-menopausal women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 595-599

  Moore, Elya E ^a,b,e,f   Hawes, Stephen E ^a   Scholes, Delia ^a,c   Boyko, Edward J ^a,b,d   Hughes, James P ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coitus; Diaries; Postmenopause; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; COITUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 42449133707     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0535-y     Document Type: Article

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