Gastro-esophageal reflux symptoms and body mass index: No relation among the Iranian population

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 153-155

  Solhpour, Ali ^a   Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Soltani, Fereshteh ^a   Zarghi, Afsaneh ^a   Habibi, Manijeh ^a   Ghafarnejad, Fatemeh ^a   Tajik, Zohreh ^a   Rostaminejad, Mohammad ^a   Ramezankhani, Ali ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349138262     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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