Prevalence and consultation behavior of self-reported rectal bleeding by face-to-face interview in an Asian community

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Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Basaranoglu, Metin ^a,c   Celebi, Selman ^a   Ataseven, Huseyin ^a   Rahman, Suheyla ^b   Deveci, S Erhan ^b   Acik, Yasemin ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consultation behavior; Functional bowel disorders; Prevalence; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOATING; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SELF REPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 42349110328     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114827     Document Type: Article

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