Selected symptoms associated with sexual and physical abuse history among female patients with gastrointestinal disorders: The impact on subsequent health care visits

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 417-425

  Leserman, J ^a   Li, Z ^a   Drossman, D A ^a   Hu, Y J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031959140     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006508     Document Type: Article

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