Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in male aborigines and non-aborigines in eastern Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 728-735

  Kuo, Hann Chorng ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Epidemiology; Lower urinary tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOCTURIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 54449095487     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60118-7     Document Type: Article

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