Use and costs of incontinence pads in female study volunteers

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-213

  McClish, Donna Katzman ^a   Wyman, Jean F ^b   Sale, Phyllis G ^c   Camp, Jane ^d   Earle, Brenda ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Virginia Physicians Inc   (United States)

^d Advocacy for Infants at Risk   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAPER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 29344448033     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1071-5754(99)90045-1     Document Type: Article

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