Obesity and functional constipation; a community-based study in Iran

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Kaboli, Seyed Ali ^a   Pourhoseingholi, Asma ^a   Moghimi Dehkordi, Bijan ^a   Safaee, Azadeh ^a   Mansoori, Babak Khoshkrood ^a   Habibi, Manijeh ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Functional constipation; Iranian community; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; SORBITOL; SYRMOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; IRAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149111575     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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