Familial risk of urinary incontinence in women: Population based cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7471, 2004, Pages 889-891

  Hannestad, Yngvild S ^a   Lie, Rolv Terje ^a   Rortveit, Guri ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIXED INCONTINENCE; MOTHER; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 5144233651     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.889     Document Type: Short Survey

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