Prevalence of faecal incontinence in adults aged 40 years or more living in the community

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 480-484

  Perry, S ^a   Shaw, C ^a   McGrother, C ^a   Matthews, R J ^a   Assassa, R P ^a   Dallosso, H ^a   Williams, K ^a   Brittain, K R ^b   Azam, U ^a   Clarke, M ^a   Jagger, C ^a   Mayne, C ^b   Castleden, C M ^b   Marsh, Peter ^c   Sanders, Chris ^c   Richmond, Toby ^c   Harris, Lesley ^c   Lucus, Jennie ^c   Mensah, Fiona ^c   Smith, Nigel ^c   Jones, Jeremy ^c   Lunniss, P J ^c   Scott, S M ^c   Barrett, James ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036282356     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.4.480     Document Type: Article

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