Community-Based Prevalence of Anal Incontinence

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 559-561

  Nelson, Richard ^a   Furner, Sylvia ^a   Norton, Nancy ^b   Cautley, Eleanor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b International Foundation for Bowel Dysfunction ^*  (United States)

^c State of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029091733     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530070057030     Document Type: Article

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