Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2005

A short-form questionnaire identified genital organ prolapse

  • Gunilla Tegerstedt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department KI, Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden. Tel.: +44 8 616 26 46; fax: +44 8 616 43 93.
    • ,
  • Ann Miedel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • ,
  • Marianne Maehle-Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • ,
  • Olof Nyren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department KI, Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • ,
  • Margareta Hammarström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department KI, Söder Hospital, Stockholm S-118 83, Sweden
    • Octaviakliniken, Tideliusgatan 22, 11869 Stockholm

,Accepted 9 June 2004.

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PII: S0895-4356(04)00228-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.06.008

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2005

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