The usual medical care for irritable bowel syndrome

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1305-1315

  Whitehead, W E ^a   Levy, R L ^b   Von Korff, M ^c   Feld, A D ^b,c   Palsson, O S ^a   Turner, M ^a   Drossman, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 11144261698     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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