Predictors of health care seeking for irritable bowel syndrome: A population based study

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 394-398

  Talley, N J ^a   Boyce, P M ^a   Jones, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Epidemiology; Irritable bowel syndrome; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030776710     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.3.394     Document Type: Article

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