Urinary incontinence: Impact on working women

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 112-118

  Fitzgerald, Sheila T ^a   Palmer, Mary H ^b   Berry, Susan J ^c   Hart, Kristin ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0034154868     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990004800301     Document Type: Article

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