The cost of urinary incontinence in italian women: A cross-sectional study

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Tediosi, Fabrizio ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a   Bortolotti, Angela ^a   Garattini, Livio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAPER; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033957002     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200017010-00005     Document Type: Article

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