Urinary tract infections in adult general practice patients.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on September 01, 2002

Authors

Eva Hummers-Pradier1, Michael M Kochen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice, University of Göttingen, Germany. ehummer@gwdg.de

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