Timed voiding for the management of urinary incontinence in adults
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsPublished 26 January 2004Open access
Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Linda J. Johnston, Brenda Roe
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The data were too few and of insufficient quality to provide empirical support for or against the intervention of timed voiding.
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