Healthcare seeking for constipation: A population-based survey in the Mediterranean area of Spain

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Galvez C ^a   Garrigues, V ^a   Ortiz, V ^a   Ponce, M ^a   Nos, P ^a   Ponce, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUPPOSITORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATHARTICS; CONSTIPATION; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SUPPOSITORIES;

EID: 33745649342     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02981.x     Document Type: Article

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