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Chapter 18 - Biopsychosocial Factors in Urinary Incontinence

from Section 2 - Gynaecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

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Caroline E. North  and
Jason Cooper
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Leroy C. Edozien
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Biopsychosocial Factors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology , pp. 146 - 159
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