Prevalence and demographic risk factors of gastrointestinal symptoms in Tehran province

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Pourhoseingholi, Asma ^a   Safaee, Azadeh ^a   Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Moghimi Dehkordi, Bijan ^a   Habibi, Manijeh ^a   Vahedi, Mohsen ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal symptom; Population based study; Tehran

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950266677     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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