Health related quality of life in older men without prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1180-1184

  Litwin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes research; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032883323     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61624-0     Document Type: Article

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