Epidemiological study of constipation and other gastrointestinal symptoms in 8000 children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-580

  Ludvigsson, Jonas F ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constipation; Diarrhoea; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors; Stools

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BOY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIRL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; METEORISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33646903339     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500452621     Document Type: Article

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