Constipation in Taiwan elementary school students: A nationwide survey

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-61

  Wu, Tzee Chung ^a,b   Chen, Liang Kung ^a,b   Pan, Wen Han ^c   Tang, Ren Bin ^a,b   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b   Wu, Lite ^d   Eugene James, Frank ^d   Chen, Po Hon ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Constipation; Nutritional survey; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOYBEAN; STUDENT; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79951951191     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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