Abdominal symptom-related QOL in individuals visiting an outpatient clinic and those attending an annual health check

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1517-1522

  Kakuta, Erina ^a   Yamashita, Noritsugu ^a   Katsube, Tomoko ^a   Kushiyama, Yoshinori ^a   Suetsugu, Hiroshi ^a   Furuta, Kenji ^b   Kinoshita, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigastric fullness; Epigastric pain; GERD; Heartburn; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IZUMO SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79961175021     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5390     Document Type: Article

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