Urinary incontinence in women is not exclusively a medical problem: A population-based study on urinary incontinence and general living conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Franzén, Karin ^a,b   Johansson, Jan Erik ^a,b   Andersson, Gunnel ^a,b   Pettersson, Nicklas ^d   Nilsson, Kerstin ^a,b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Assessment of Medical Technology   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female; General health; Living conditions; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649114475     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590902808566     Document Type: Article

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