Suffering in silence: A community-based study of fecal incontinence in women

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 401-406

  Alimohammadian, Masoomeh ^a   Ahmadi, Batoul ^a   Janani, Leila ^a   Mahjubi, Bahar ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Risk factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84896043925     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-013-1809-3     Document Type: Article

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