Quality-of-life impact of lower urinary tract symptom severity: Results from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study

Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-250

  Welch, Garry ^a,b   Weinger, Katie ^a,b   Barry, Michael J ^a,b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036172767     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01506-0     Document Type: Article

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