Epidemiology and symptom profile of gastroesophageal reflux in the Indian population: Report of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Task Force

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 118-127

  Bhatia, Shobna J ^a   Reddy, D Nageshwar ^b   Ghoshal, Uday C ^b   Jayanthi, V ^b   Abraham, Philip ^b   Choudhuri, Gourdas ^b   Broor, S L ^b   Ahuja, Vineet ^b   Augustine, Philip ^b   Balakrishnan, V ^b   Bhasin, D K ^b   Bhat, Naresh ^b   Chacko, Ashok ^b   Dadhich, Sunil ^b   Dhali, G K ^b   Dhawan, Pankaj S ^b   Dwivedi, Manisha ^b   Goenka, Mahesh K ^b   Koshy, Abraham ^b   Kumar, Ajay ^b   Misra, Sri Prakash ^b   Mukewar, Shrikant ^b   Raju, E PedaVeer ^b   Shenoy, K T ^b   Singh, S P ^b   Sood, Ajit ^b   Srinivasan, R ^b   more..

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asia; Epidemiology; Esophagus; Heartburn; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEA;

ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960973471     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-011-0112-x     Document Type: Article

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