Prevalence and associated clinical characteristics of behavior problems in constipated children

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Van Dijk, Marieke ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a   Last, Bob F ^a,c  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Childhood; Constipation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SCREENING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 76049124288     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3055     Document Type: Article

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