Factors related to lower urinary tract symptoms among a sample of employed women in Taipei

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-59

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

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Taipei Municipal Guang Fu Primary School   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIURNAL ENURESIS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURIA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; TAIWAN; URINATION DISORDERS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 37849022713     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20457     Document Type: Article

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