Epidemiology of childhood nocturnal enuresis in Malaysia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-123

  Kanaheswari, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nocturnal enuresis; Predictive factors; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037338821     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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