Epidemiologic survey of lower urinary tract symptoms in Asia and Australia using the international prostate symptom score

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Homma, Yukio ^a   Kawabe, Kazuki ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b   Yamanaka, Hidetoshi ^c   Okada, Kiyoki ^d   Okajima, Eigoro ^e   Yoshida, Osamu ^f   Kumazawa, Joichi ^g   Fang Liu, Gu ^h   Lee, Chongwook ⁱ   Hsu, Te Chin ^j   Dela Cruz, Reynaldo C ^k   Tantiwang, Anupan ^l   Lim, Peter H C ^m   Sheikh, Masood A ⁿ   Bapat, Sharad D ^o   Marshall, Villis R ^p   Tajima, Kazuo ^q   Aso, Yoshio ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

ⁱ Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^j NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^k Philippine Urological Assoc Inc   (Philippines)

^l RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^m CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁿ JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^o MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^p FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^q AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r FUJIEDA MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Asia; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Epidemiology; Lower urinary tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 8044231306     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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