Personality characteristics and irritable bowel syndrome in Shiraz, Southern Iran

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 168-171

  Mousavinasab, Seyed M ^a   Gorganinezhad Moshiri, Mohsen ^a   Saberifirouzi, Mehdi ^a   Dehbozorgi, Gholamreza ^a   Mehrabani, Davood ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Irritable bowel syndrome; Personality characteristics; Southern Iran

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948941527     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.36746     Document Type: Article

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