Natural history of prostatism: Impaired health states in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1711-1717

  Roberts, Rosebud O ^b   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Rhodes, Thomas ^b   Girman, Cynthia J ^b   Guess, Harry A ^b   Lieber, Michael M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

prostate; prostatic hypertrophy; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0030976023     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64842-0     Document Type: Article

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