Lower urinary tract symptoms in women

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Milsom, Ian ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economics; Incidence; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Overactive bladder; Prevalence; Quality of life; Risk factors; Stress urinary incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONSTIPATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MICTURITION; OBESITY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 67651199976     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32832b659d     Document Type: Review

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