A healthy bladder: A consensus statement

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1026-1036

  Lukacz, E S ^a   Sampselle, C ^b   Gray, M ^c   MacDiarmid, S ^d   Rosenberg, M ^e   Ellsworth, P ^f   Palmer, M H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Alliance Urology Specialists   (United States)

^e Mid Michigan Health Centers Jackson   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER TRAINING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053040004     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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