The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms and comorbidities on quality of life: The BACH and UREPIK studies

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Robertson, Chris ^a,b   Link, Carol L ^c   Onel, Erol ^c   Mazzetta, Chiara ^d   Keech, Martin ^e   Hobbs, Richard ^f   Fourcade, Richard ^g   Kiemeney, Lambertus ^h   Lee, Chongwook ⁱ   Boyle, Peter ^j   McKinlay, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g Chef du Service d'Urologi   (France)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^j INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Comorbid illness; Cultural differences; Epidemiology; LUTS; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ENGLAND; FRANCE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33846186031     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06609.x     Document Type: Article

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