Toward optimal health: Suzanne Rose, M.D., M.S.Ed., discusses management of constipation in women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1252-1257

  Godfrey, Jodi R ^d   Rose, Suzanne ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Gastroenterology

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IRON; LAXATIVE; LINACLOTIDE ACETATE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL 3350; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; BLOATING; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; IRRITABLE COLON; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOTE; OVARY CANCER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36248978107     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.C079     Document Type: Note

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