Reproductive and hormonal risk factors for urinary incontinence in later life: A review of the clinical and epidemiologic literature

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1411-1417

  Thom, David H ^a,c   Brown, Jeanette S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Div of Fam and Community Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0031762144     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06009.x     Document Type: Article

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