Risk factors for urinary incontinence among middle-aged women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-345

  Danforth, Kim N ^a,b,d   Townsend, Mary K ^b   Lifford, Karen ^a,b   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b   Resnick, Neil M ^c   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 31844448789     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.07.051     Document Type: Article

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