Research ArticleOriginal Research

If We Don't Ask, They Won't Tell: Screening for Urinary and Fecal Incontinence by Primary Care Providers

Heidi W. Brown, Wen Guan, Nicholas B. Schmuhl, Paul D. Smith, William E. Whitehead and Rebecca G. Rogers
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2018, 31 (5) 774-782; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180045

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