Urinary incontinence and age at the first and last delivery: The Norwegian HUNT/EPINCONT study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Rortveit, Guri ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maternal age; Population; Registries; Risk factors; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33746552682     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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