Prevalence of urinary incontinence in a community sample from the city of São Paulo

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-440

  Jesus Menezes, Maria Aparecida ^a   Hashimoto, Soraya Yumi ^b   De Gouveia Santos, Vera Lúcia Conceição ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70349332982     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e3181aaf446     Document Type: Article

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