Female urinary incontinence: What the epidemiologic data tell us

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-17

  Mallett, Veronica T ^a  

^a OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Mixed urinary incontinence; Overactive bladder; Risk factors; Stress urinary incontinence; Surveys; Urge urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 24944501348     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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