Patterns of consultation and treatment for heartburn: Findings from a Singaporean community survey

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1029-1033

  Ho, Khek Yu ^a,c   Kang, J Y ^b   Seow, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032837301     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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