Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jepson, Ruth G ^a   Williams, Gabrielle ^b   Craig, Jonathan C ^b  

^a Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP)   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

BEVERAGE; CRANBERRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TABLET; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BEVERAGES; CAPSULES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; TABLETS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84871911679     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001321.pub5     Document Type: Review

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