Urinary incontinence and related symptoms in older men and women studied longitudinally between 70 and 97 years of age. A population study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-244

  Molander, Ulla ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a   Steen, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TIME; URETHRA; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0036842025     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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