The Hordaland Women's Cohort: A prospective cohort study of incontinence, other urinary tract symptoms and related health issues in middle-aged women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jahanlu, David ^a   Qureshi, Samera Azeem ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DYSURIA; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INCONTINENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; NORWAY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 52449092843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-296     Document Type: Article

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