Prevalence of and risk factors for urine leakage in a racially and ethnically diverse population of adults: The Boston area community health (BACH) survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-399

  Tennstedt, Sharon L ^a   Link, Carol L ^a   Steers, William D ^b   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK POPULATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; LATINO PEOPLE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BOSTON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39349116040     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm356     Document Type: Article

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