The prevalence of urinary incontinence among community dwelling adult women: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 601-604

  Anger, Jennifer Tash ^a   Saigal, Christopher S ^a   Litwin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Continental population groups; Epidemiology; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 30344485178     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00242-9     Document Type: Article

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