Health-Care-Seeking Behaviors Related to Bowel Complaints Hispanics versus Non-Hispanic Whites

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Zuckerman, Marc J ^a   Guerra, Luis G ^b   Drossman, Douglas A ^b   Foland, Jaime A ^b   Gregory, Gavin G ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health care use; Hispanic; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; TEXAS;

EID: 0030048998     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208587     Document Type: Article

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