Epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome in Chinese

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2621-2624

  Lau, E M C ^a   Chan, F K L ^a   Ziea, E T C ^a   Chan, C S Y ^a   Wu, J C Y ^a   Sung, J J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Irritable bowel syndrome; Manning criteria; Quality of life; Rome II criteria

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036846708     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020549118299     Document Type: Article

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