Impact of urinary symptoms on bothersomeness and quality of life in young men

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 442-448

  Ku, Ja Hyeon ^a,c   Kim, Min Eui ^b   Jeon, Youn Soo ^b   Lee, Nam Kyu ^b   Park, Young Ho ^b  

^a Military Manpower Administration   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Military Manpower Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0036754575     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01765-X     Document Type: Article

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