Risk factors for fecal incontinence in older women

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-119

  Townsend, Mary K ^a   Matthews, Catherine A ^b   Whitehead, William E ^b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872050423     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.364     Document Type: Article

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