Three-month prevalence rates of gastrointestinal symptoms and the influence of demographic factors: Results from the domestic/international gastroenterology surveillance study (DIGEST)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 231, 1999, Pages 20-28

  Stanghellini, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; body mass index; dyspepsia; gender; prevalence; upper GI symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULCER; AGED; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; ITALY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032615306     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750025237     Document Type: Article

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