The effect of lifestyle modification on severity of constipation and quality of life of elders in nursing homes at Ismailia city, Egypt

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-106

  Nour Eldein, Hebatallah ^a   Salama, Hind ^a   Abdulmajeed, Abdulmajeed ^a   Heissam, Khaled ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elderly; functional constipation; quality of life; severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941660487     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.134766     Document Type: Article

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