Does weight loss improve incontinence in moderately obese women?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-43

  Subak, L L ^a   Johnson, C ^a,b   Whitcomb, E ^a   Boban, D ^a   Saxton, J ^c   Brown, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Obesity; Obesity Diet therapy; Urinary incontinence; Urinary incontinence Diet therapy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036226727     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001920200008     Document Type: Article

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