Prevalence of urinary tract infections and associated factors among pregnant workers in the electronics industry

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 939-945

  Su, Shih Bin ^a,b,c   Wang, Jiang Nan ^b   Lu, Chih Wei ^d   Wang, Hsien Yi ^b   Guo, How Ran ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clean room; Controlled environment; Occupational health; Pregnancy; Urinary tract infections; Working women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH;

EID: 67650620097     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-0892-z     Document Type: Article

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