Differences in urinary incontinence between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: A population-based study

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-579

  Daneshgari, Firouz ^a   Imrey, Peter B ^a   Risendal, Betsy ^a   Dwyer, Andrea ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^b   Byers, Tim ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic disparities; Mixed incontinence; Stress incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SANDVIK SEVERITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORADO; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 38849107566     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07333.x     Document Type: Article

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