Irritable bowel syndrome among a cohort of European travelers to resource-limited destinations

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-256

  Pitzurra, Raffaela ^a   Fried, Michael ^b   Rogler, Gerhard ^b   Rammert, Christina ^b   Tschopp, Alois ^a   Hatz, Christoph ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a   Mutsch, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CAUCASIAN; CONSTIPATION; CONSTIPATION PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA PREDOMINANT IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTINFECTIOUS IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959994667     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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