Variability in the management of childhood constipation

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-256

  Focht III, Dean R ^a,b   Baker, Raymond C ^a   Heubi, James E ^a   Moyer, M Susan ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; SENNA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENNA; SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; OHIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646864089     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500307     Document Type: Article

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