Women's perceptions about the etiology of urinary incontinence

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1093-1098

  Melville, Jennifer L ^a   Wagner, Lauren E ^a   Fan, Ming Yu ^a   Katon, Wayne J ^a   Newton, Katherine M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WASHINGTON; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 51349162507     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0606     Document Type: Article

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