Urinary incontinence in both sexes: Prevalence rates and impact on quality of life and sexual life

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-271

  Temml, Christian ^a   Haidinger, Gerald ^b   Schmidbauer, Jörg ^c   Schatzl, Georg ^c   Madersbacher, Stephan ^c  

^a Department for Preventive Health ^*  (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Men; Prevalence; Quality of life; Sexual function; Urinary incontinence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0034016434     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(2000)19:3<259::AID-NAU7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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