No relationship between subjective assessment of urinary incontinence and pad test weight gain in a random population sample of menopausal women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 800-803

  Ryhammer, Allan Maltha ^a,b   Laurberg, Søren ^a   Djurhuus, Jens Christian ^a   Hermann, Anne Pernille ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Menopause; Questionnaires; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031883877     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63735-2     Document Type: Article

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