Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome: A community based study from northern India

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Makharia, Govind K ^a   Verma, Anil K ^a   Amarchand, Ritvik ^a   Goswami, Anil ^a   Singh, Prashant ^a   Agnihotri, Abhishek ^a   Suhail, Faizul ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Constipation; Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958839484     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2011.17.1.82     Document Type: Article

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