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Urinary incontinence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

James Malone-Lee
James Malone-Lee*
Affiliation:
University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, St Pancras Hospital, London, UK
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James Malone-Lee, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, St Pancras Hospital, St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 123 - 139
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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