Cranberries and Urinary Tract Infections: How Can the Same Evidence Lead to Conflicting Advice?
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Open Access
- 1 May 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Advances in Nutrition
- Vol. 7 (3) , 498-506
Abstract
Cranberry has been used traditionally to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs), primarily among generally healthy women prone to recurrent UTIs. ReKeywords
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