Prevalence and risk factors of constipation in adults with intellectual disability in residential care centers in Israel

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 580-586

  Morad, Mohammed ^a   Nelson, Noele P ^a   Merrick, Joav ^b   Davidson, Philip W ^c   Carmeli, Eli ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constipation; Intellectual disability; Israel; Prevalence; Residential care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLITIS; CONSTIPATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35148882569     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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