Bowel habits and toilet training in rural and urban dwelling children in a developing country

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 784-788

  Aziz, Sina ^a,c   Moiz Fakih, Hafiz Abdul ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ahmed House 7/1   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FIBER; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TOILET TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79954415980     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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