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Discussion| Volume 50, ISSUE 6, SUPPLEMENT 1, 15-17, December 1997

Discussion: Epidemiology of urinary incontinence

  • Richard C. Bump
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    Reprint requests: Richard C. Bump, M.D., Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Gynecologic Specialties, Duke University Medical Center, P.O. Box 3606, Durham, NC 27710.
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    From the Division of Gynecologic Specialties, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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