Prevalence of urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-70

  Brown, Jeanette S ^a,b   Grady, Deborah ^a,b   Ouslander, Joseph G ^d   Herzog, A Regula ^e   Varner, R Edward ^c   Posner, Samuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032981881     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00263-X     Document Type: Article

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