Is there any association between overweight, obesity and symptoms of reflux disease?

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-447

  Ebrahimi Mameghani, Mehrangiz ^a   Saghafi Asl, Maryam ^a,c   Arefhosseini, Seyedrafie ^a   Khoshbaten, Manochehr ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; GERD; Obesity; Overweight; Reflux

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 53649095013     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.443.447     Document Type: Article

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