Urinary incontinence in a community-based cohort: Prevalence and healthcare-seeking

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Roberts, Rosebud O ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Rhodes, Thomas ^c   Reilly, W Terence ^a   Girman, Cynthia J ^a,c   Talley, Nicholas J ^a   Lieber, Michael M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031980289     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

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