Correlation between asthma and irritable bowel syndrome in a general population in Iran in 2003

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Amra, Babak ^a   Hoseini Asl, Mohamad K ^a   Rahmani, Ali Reza ^a   Golshan, Mohamad ^a   Mohamad zadeh, Zahra ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dyspepsia; Epidemiology; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 29944446165     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.036     Document Type: Article

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