Awareness of prostatism among male patients in Teluk Intan Hospital

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 540-547

  Zainal, S B ^a   Quek, Kia Fatt ^a   Biswajit, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Teluk Intan   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS); Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); Prostatism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33645640618     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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