The future magnitude of urological symptoms in the USA: Projections using the Boston Area Community Health survey

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 820-825

  Litman, Heather J ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract symptoms; Painful bladder syndrome; Prostatitis; Quality of life; Urine leakage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 34548417256     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07018.x     Document Type: Article

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