Pelvic organ prolapse in older women: Prevalence and risk factors

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-497

  Nygaard, Ingrid ^a,b   Bradley, Catherine ^a   Brandt, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYMEN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 16244400451     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000136100.10818.d8     Document Type: Article

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