Bowel habits and toilet training in a diverse population of children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-298

  Wald, Ellen R ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^b,d   Cipriani, Lynne ^c   Colborn, D Kathleen ^c   Burgers, Rosa ^b   Wald, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel habits; Constipation; Toilet training

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; DEFECATION HABIT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; CAUCASIAN; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOILET TRAINING;

EID: 67650376203     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31817efbf7     Document Type: Article

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