Women's views about management and cause of urinary tract infection: Qualitative interview study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7743, 2010, Pages 407-

  Leydon, G M ^a   Turner, S ^b   Smith, H ^c   Little, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149120431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c279     Document Type: Article

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