Irritable bowel-type symptoms in HMO examinees - Prevalence, demographics, and clinical correlates

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 1581-1589

  Longstreth, George F ^a   Wolde Tsadik, Girma ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; anxiety; depression; drug use; irritable bowel syndrome; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0027185529     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01303163     Document Type: Article

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