Lifestyle Intervention Is Associated With Lower Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence
The Diabetes Prevention Program
Jeanette S. Brown, MD, Rena Wing, PHD, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Leroy M. Nyberg, MD, PHD, John W. Kusek, PHD, Trevor J. Orchard, MD, Yong Ma, MS, Eric Vittinghoff, PHD, MPH, Alka M. Kanaya, MD for the Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group
Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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