Evaluation of the Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection in Rural Panamanian Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  August, Suzanne L ^a   de Rosa, Michael J ^a  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867682029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047752     Document Type: Article

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