Relationship between upper gastrointestinal symptoms and lifestyle, psychosocial factors and comorbidity in the general population: Results from the Domestic/International Gastroenterology Surveillance Study (DIGEST)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 29-37

  Stanghellini, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Dyspepsia; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Lifestyle; Population; Psychological stress; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; AGED; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; ITALY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PEPTIC ULCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032607147     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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