Urinary incontinence and weight change during pregnancy and postpartum: a cohort study.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on August 20, 2010

Authors

Stian Langeland Wesnes1, Steinar Hunskaar, Kari Bo, Guri Rortveit

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway. stain.langeland@isf.uib.no

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