Prevalence and risk factors for pelvic floor symptoms in women in rural El Salvador

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1065-1069

  Özel, Begum ^a   Borchelt, Anne Marie ^b   Cimino, Francesca M ^a   Cremer, Miriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Fecal incontinence; Pelvic floor symptoms; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EL SALVADOR; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR;

ADULT; AGED; EL SALVADOR; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 35748943214     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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