Is urinary incontinence a barrier to exercise in women?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-314

  Nygaard, Ingrid ^a   Girts, Tammy ^b   Fultz, Nancy H ^b   Kinchen, Kraig ^b   Pohl, Gerhardt ^b   Sternfeld, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 22544457582     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000168455.39156.0f     Document Type: Article

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