Etiologic factors of chronic constipation - Review of the scientific evidence

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-316

  Leung, Felix W ^a,b,c  

^a Sepulveda Ambul Care Center/Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Etiology

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ALLERGY; ANXIETY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOMATIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIFE STYLE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846820468     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9298-7     Document Type: Review

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