Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 353-361 , November 2006

Developing and validating a Chinese instrument to measure lower urinary tract symptoms among employed women in Taiwan

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2006.09.003

Nursing Outlook
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