Urinary incontinence in older women: Who is at risk?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 715-721

  Brown, Jeanette S ^a,b,c   Seeley, Dana G ^a,b,c   Fong, Josephine ^a,b,c   Black, Dennis M ^a,b,c   Ensrud, Kristine E ^a,b,c   Grady, Deborah ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029963148     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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