Gender differences in bladder control: From babies to elderly

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1081-1085

  Bauer, Ricarda M ^a   Huebner, Wilhelm ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Clinic Korneuburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bladder control; Female; Gender; Incontinence; Male

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884821580     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-013-1132-1     Document Type: Article

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