Urinary incontinence: Prevalence and risk factors at 16 weeks of gestation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 842-850

  Højberg, Karen Elise ^a   Salvig, Jannie Dalby ^a   Winsløw, Nitnoi Albertsen ^a   Lose, Gunnar ^b   Secher, Niels Jørgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032814193     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08407.x     Document Type: Article

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