The link between female obesity and urinary stress incontinence

UroToday International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Eltatawy, H H ^a   Elhawary, T M ^a   Soliman, M G ^a   Taha, M R ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Female stress incontinence; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055189237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2011.10.5     Document Type: Article

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