Lower urinary tract symptoms in women - A common but neglected problem

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Bradway, Christine ^a   Coyne, Karin S ^b   Irwin, Debra ^c   Kopp, Zoe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to treatment; Incontinence; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Overactive bladder; Quality of life; Symptom bother

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 45249109733     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Review

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