Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms among female elementary school teachers in Taipei

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1151-1161

  Liao, Yuan Mei ^a   Dougherty, Molly C ^b   Biemer, Paul P ^b   Boyington, Alice R ^c   Liao, Chin Tai ^d   Palmer, Mary H ^b   Lynn, Mary R ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Taipei Municipal Guang Fu Primary School   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employed women; Female school teachers; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Occupation; Prevalence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; NOCTURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TEACHER; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35648931462     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0293-5     Document Type: Article

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