Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in a community-based survey of men in Turkey

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 364-370

  Aki, Fazil Tuncay ^a   Aygun, Cem ^a   Bilir, Nazmi ^a   Erkan, Ilhan ^a   Özen, Haluk ^a,b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY HESITANCY; URINARY URGENCY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TURKEY; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0042203593     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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