The assessment prevalence of functional constipation and associated factors in adults: A community-based study from Kerman, Southeast, Iran (2011-2012)

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Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-101

  Javad Zahedi, Mohammad ^a   Darvish Moghadam, Sodaif ^a   Hayat Bakhsh Abbasi, Mehdi ^a,b   Seyed Mirzaei, Seyed Mahdi ^a   Shafiei pour, Sara ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Functional constipation; Iran; Prevalence; South east

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907671976     PISSN: 15607186     EISSN: 2008756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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