The impact of incontinence on health-related quality of life in a South Australian population sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Avery, Jodie C ^a   Gill, Tiffany K ^a   MacLennan, Alastair H ^b   Chittleborough, Catherine R ^a   Grant, Janet F ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; WIDOW;

EID: 1942467428     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00932.x     Document Type: Article

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