Epidemiologic survey of lower urinary tract symptoms in Japan

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 560-564

  Homma, Yukio ^a   Yamaguchi, Osamu ^b   Hayashi, Kunihiko ^c  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTALGIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPER; EMOTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL URINE; SLEEP; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33748949076     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.03.035     Document Type: Article

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