How much is enough and who says so? The case of the King's Health Questionnaire and overactive bladder

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-612

  Kelleher, Con J ^a   Pleil, Andreas M ^b   Reese, Pat Ray ^c   Burgess, Somali Misra ^d   Brodish, Paul H ^d  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Reese Associates Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d CareScience   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; BLADDER DISEASE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 2942522429     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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