Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2010

The Effects of Severity of Urine Leakage on Quality of Life in Hispanic, White, and Black Men and Women: The Boston Community Health Survey

  • Sharon L. Tennstedt

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Gretchen R. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Carol L. Link

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Heather J. Litman

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • John W. Kusek

      Affiliations

    • Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • John B. McKinlay

      Affiliations

    • New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John B. McKinlay, Ph.D., New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen St, Watertown, MA 02111

Received 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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 This research was funded by grant DK56842 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

PII: S0090-4295(09)02347-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.019

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2010

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