Medically recognized urinary incontinence and risks of hospitalization, nursing home admission and mortality

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-374

  Thom, David H ^a   Haan, Mary N ^b   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incontinence of urine; Institutionalization; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030796315     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.5.367     Document Type: Article

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