Low prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in primary health care in four Swedish counties

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 132-137

  Waehrens, Rasmus ^a   Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b   Zöller, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gender; General practice; Irritable bowel syndrome; Prevalence; Primary health care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84882432368     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2013.811949     Document Type: Article

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