Urinary incontinence widespread among the elderly - Affects both women and men;Urininkontinens folksjukdom bland äldre - Drabbar både kvinnor och man

Lakartidningen

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 946-949

  Molander, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035961733     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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