Irritable bowel syndrome in secondary school male students in AlJouf Province, North of Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1111-1115

  Alhazmi, Ahmad Homoud ^a  

^a JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome; Prevalence; Quality of life; Rome criteria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY SIZE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054868705     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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