Abdominal pain in dutch schoolchildren: Relations With Physical and Psychological Comorbid Complaints in Children and Their Parents

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-487

  Van Der Veek, Shelley M C ^a,c   Derkx, H H F ^b   De Haan, Else ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b   Boer, Frits ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MBD ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Community sample; Comorbid complaints; Parental psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 78449263924     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181d51a59     Document Type: Article

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