Irritable bowel syndrome: Novel views on the epidemiology and potential risk factors

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 772-780

  Rey, E ^a,b   Talley, N J ^a,c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional bowel diseases; Irritable bowel syndrome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHILD ABUSE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC RISK; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFE EVENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349765535     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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