Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological stress status in Chinese university students

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1885-1890

  Shen, Lei ^a   Kong, Hao ^a   Hou, Xiaohua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Irritable bowel syndrome; Prevalence; University student

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 72149119255     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05943.x     Document Type: Article

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