Prevalence and correlations of lower urinary tract symptoms, erectile dysfunction and incontinence in men from a multiethnic Asian population: Results of a regional population-based survey and comparison with industrialized nations

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1264-1268

  Mariappan, Paramananthan ^a   Chong, Wooi Loong ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Metro Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asian population; Epidemiology; Erectile dysfunction; Incontinence; LUTS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NOCTURIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33750855805     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06525.x     Document Type: Article

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