Pelvic floor symptoms and lifestyle factors in older women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-135

  Bradley, Catherine S ^a,b   Kennedy, Colleen M ^a   Nygaard, Ingrid E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICTURITION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 17644369605     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.128     Document Type: Article

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