Children and adolescents with chronic constipation: How many seek healthcare and what determines it?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-285

  Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bowel habit; Child; Constipation; Healthcare consultation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864920191     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr096     Document Type: Article

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