Parental worries and beliefs about abdominal pain

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-317

  Van Tilburg, Miranda A L ^a   Chitkara, Denesh K ^a,b   Palsson, Olafur S ^a   Levy, Rona L ^c   Whitehead, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Parental concern; Questionnaire; Selfreport

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; WORRIES AND BELIEFS ABOUT ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67650354242     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31817c03ae     Document Type: Article

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