Evaluation of parturition and other reproductive variables as risk factors for urinary incontinence in later life

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 983-989

  Thom, David H ^a   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^b   Brown, Jeanette S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030664563     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00537-1     Document Type: Article

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