Epidemiology of slow and fast colonic transit using a scale of stool form in a community

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1043-1050

  Choung, R S ^a   Locke III, G R ^a   Zinsmeister, A R ^c   Schleck, C D ^c   Talley, N J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Department of Health Sciences Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

COLON; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548701573     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03456.x     Document Type: Article

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