Is reduced quality of life in men with lower urinary tract symptoms due to concomitant diseases?

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 661-665

  Koskimäki, Juha ^a   Hakama, Matti ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^a   Tammela, Teuvo L J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; General health; Population based study; Urinary symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCTURIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0035698465     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049854     Document Type: Article

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