Relation of bowel habits to fecal incontinence in women

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1470-1475

  Bharucha, Adil E ^a,c   Seide, Barbara M ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^b   Melton III, L Joseph ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 44949255189     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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