Postmenopausal hormone therapy and incident urinary incontinence in middle-aged women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86.e1-86.e5

  Townsend, Mary K ^a,b   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b   Resnick, Neil M ^c   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; hormone replacement therapy; menopause; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 58049152248     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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