Prevalence, severity, and risk factors of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease among employees of a large hospital in Northern India

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 128-134

  Sharma, Praveen Kumar ^a   Ahuja, Vineet ^a   Madan, Kaushal ^a   Gupta, Saurabh ^a   Raizada, Akshay ^a   Sharma, Mahesh Prakash ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Heartburn; India; Prevalence; Regurgitation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960974472     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0065-5     Document Type: Article

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