Familial aggregation in constipated subjects in a tertiary referral center

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-152

  Chan, Annie O O ^a   Hui, Wai M ^a   Lam, Kwok F ^a   Leung, Gigi ^a   Yuen, Man F ^a   Lam, Shiu K ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846131525     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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