Lower urinary tract symptoms and related help-seeking behaviour in South Asian men living in the UK

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 605-609

  Taylor, Joby ^a   McGrother, Catherine W ^b   Harrison, Simon C W ^a   Assassa, Philip R ^a  

^a MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Help seeking; LUTS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33746867502     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06377.x     Document Type: Article

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