Gender differences in gut transit shown with a newly developed radiological procedure

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  Sadik, R ^a   Abrahamsson, H ^a   Stotzer, P O ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonic transit; Gastric emptying; Gender; Menopause; Overweight; Small bowel transit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLON; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037258228     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310000410     Document Type: Article

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