Constipation during and after the civil war in Sri Lanka: A Paediatric Study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 439-443

  Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Mettananda, Sachith ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bowel habit; Child; Constipation; Stress; War

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL FECES; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; HARD FECES; HUMAN; MALE; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; STRESS; URBAN AREA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 82955229564     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr013     Document Type: Article

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