Urinary incontinence and urinary tract infection: Temporal relationships in postmenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Moore, Elya E ^a   Jackson, Sara L ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^b   Scholes, Delia ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Group Health Center for Health Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; BACTERIURIA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYSTERECTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AGED; BACTERIURIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 40749152387     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318160d64a     Document Type: Article

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