Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in US women

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1311-1316

  Nygaard, Ingrid ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^b   Burgio, Kathryn L ^c,d   Kenton, Kimberly ^e   Meikle, Susan ^f   Schaffer, Joseph ^g   Spino, Cathie ^h   Whitehead, William E ⁱ   Wu, Jennifer ^j   Brody, Debra J ^k  

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

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k National Centre for Health Statistics   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 51949095058     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.11.1311     Document Type: Article

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