Hormone connections in urinary incontinence in women

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 16-30

  Vliet, Elizabeth Lee ^a  

^a HER Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; MICTURITION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0034036057     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200006000-00004     Document Type: Review

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