Changes in prevalence of urinary symptoms in Finnish men: A population-based 5-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 378-384

  Häkkinen, Jukka ^a   Koskimäki, Juha ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^b   Tammela, Teuvo L J ^a,c   Hakama, Matti ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Longitudinal survey; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Natural history; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY HESITANCY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 9244228972     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410031643     Document Type: Review

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