Epidemiological investigation in outpatients with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux from the Department of Medicine in Zhejiang Province, east China

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-289

  Li, You Ming ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Yu, Chao Hui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gastroesophageal reflux; Prevalence; Reflux diagnostic questionnaire; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; EATING; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RISK FACTOR; SALIVATION DISORDER; SENESCENCE; SNORING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 39149103992     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05045.x     Document Type: Article

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