Improving urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women through modest weight loss

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Wing, Rena R ^a   Creasman, Jennifer M ^a   West, Delia Smith ^a   Richter, Holly E ^b   Myers, Deborah ^b   Burgio, Kathryn L ^b   Franklin, Frank ^c   Gorin, Amy A ^c   Vittinghoff, Eric ^c   Macer, Judith ^c   Kusek, John W ^c   Subak, Leslee L ^c  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77955156395     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e8fb60     Document Type: Article

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