Evaluating racial/ethnic disparities in lower urinary tract symptoms in men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^a   Shan, Jun ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^c   Aaronsen, David ^b   Haque, Reina ^c   Quinn, Virginia P ^c   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Oakland Medical Center   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

continental population groups; epidemiology; risk; urinary tract; urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83555168160     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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