Constipation in the Elderly Living at Home: Definition, Prevalence, and Relationship to Lifestyle and Health Status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 423-429

  Whitehead, William E ^a   Drinkwater, Donald ^a   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a   Heller, Barbara R ^a   Schuster, Marvin M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGE; AGED; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHARTICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRINKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024580575     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb02638.x     Document Type: Article

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