Constipation in children: An epidemiological study in Sri Lanka using Rome III criteria

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-45

  Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a   Adhikari, Chandralatha ^a   Pannala, Waruni ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; URBAN HEALTH; WAR;

EID: 84455203838     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.173716     Document Type: Article

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