A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based, Multinational Study of the Prevalence of Overactive Bladder and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results from the EPIC Study

European Urology, Supplements

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-9

  Milsom, Ian ^a   Irwin, Debra E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract symptoms; Nocturia; Overactive bladder; Prevalence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICTURITION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33751405577     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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