Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 710-718 , July 2001

Urinary tract infection among women aged 40 to 65: Behavioral and sexual risk factors

  • Betsy Foxman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 734-764-5487; fax: 734-764-3192.
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  • Patricia Somsel

      Affiliations

    • Regional Medical Laboratories, Battle Creek, MI, USA
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  • Patricia Tallman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Brenda Gillespie

      Affiliations

    • Center for Statistical Consultation and Research and Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Raul Raz

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Unit and Microbiology Laboratory, Ha'Emek Medical center, Afula, Israel, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Raul Colodner

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Unit and Microbiology Laboratory, Ha'Emek Medical center, Afula, Israel, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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  • Deepika Kandula

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Jack D. Sobel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

Received 11 January 2000 ,Revised 25 September 2000 ,Accepted 14 October 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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