Urinary Incontinence in Thai Elderly Living in Klong Toey Slum

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Khovidhunkit, Weerapan ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THAILAND; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032015898     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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