The impact of post-infectious functional gastrointestinal disorders and symptoms on the health-related quality of life of US military personnel returning from deployment to the middle east

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3602-3609

  Trivedi, Kashyap H ^a   Schlett, Carey D ^b   Tribble, David R ^b   Monteville, Marshall R ^c   Sanders, John W ^d   Riddle, Mark S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center   (United States)

^d California   (Peru)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Military personnel; Quality of life; Travelers' diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EGYPT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTINFECTIOUS FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SOLDIER; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856190711     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1766-z     Document Type: Article

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