Rates of remission, improvement, and progression of urinary incontinence in Asian, black, and white women

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Townsend, Mary K ^a   Curhan, Gary C ^b   Resnick, Neil M ^b   Grodstein, Francine ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; progression; race; remission; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79955040248     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000396551.56254.8f     Document Type: Article

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