Psychosocial factors and childhood recurrent abdominal pain

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1250-1253

  Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng ^a   Goh, Khean Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Psychosocial factors; Recurrent abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITABLE COLON; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036433044     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02884.x     Document Type: Review

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