Urinary incontinence and weight change during pregnancy and postpartum: A cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1034-1044

  Wesnes, Stian Langeland ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a   Bo, Kari ^b   Rortveit, Guri ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Research Unit for General Practice   (Norway)

Author keywords

cohort studies; parity; postpartum period; pregnancy; urinary incontinence; weight gain; weight loss

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; URINE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORWAY; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

NORWAY;

EID: 77958609006     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq240     Document Type: Article

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