Determinants of Seeking of Primary Care for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Krimpen Study in Community-Dwelling Men

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 811-817

  Kok, Esther T ^a   Groeneveld, Frans P M J ^a   Gouweloos, Jochem ^a   Jonkheijm, Rikkert ^a   Bosch, J L H Ruud ^b   Thomas, Siep ^a   Bohnen, Arthur M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioner (GP); IPSS; Longitudinal; Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); Prostate volume; Quality of life (QOL)

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETHRA; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATISM;

EID: 33748305524     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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