Urinary and fecal incontinence and quality of life in African Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1941-1945

  Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^c   Schootman, Mario ^d   Miller, J Philip ^e   Miller, Douglas K ^f,g  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Depressive symptoms; Health related quality of life; Incontinence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINE INCONTINENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78049406456     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03057.x     Document Type: Article

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