Prevalence of urinary incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 394-398

  Morkved S ^a,c   Bo K ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Postpartum; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORWAY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033405703     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001920050067     Document Type: Article

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