Association of bowel movement frequency and use of laxatives with the occurrence of symptomatic gallstone disease in a prospective study of women

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 715-721

  Dukas, Laurent ^a,b,c   Leitzmann, Michael F ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CATHARTICS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035068319     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02404-7     Document Type: Article

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