Prevalence of GERD symptoms in a representative Israeli adult population

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Sperber, Ami D ^a,b,c   Halpern, Zamir ^d   Shvartzman, Pesach ^b,c   Friger, Michael ^b   Freud, Tami ^c   Neville, Anat ^c   Fich, Alex ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Sial Research Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Functional bowel disorder; GERD; Israel; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247376047     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225664.68920.96     Document Type: Article

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