The prevalence of male urinary incontinence in four centres: The UREPIK study

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 943-947

  Boyle, P ^a   Robertson, C ^a   Mazzetta, C ^a   Keech, M ^b   Hobbs, F D R ^c   Fourcade, R ^d   Kiemeney, L ^e   Lee, C ^f  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Service d'Urologie   (France)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Men; Multinational study; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; FRANCE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0348010533     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04526.x     Document Type: Article

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